When you are working on your computer performing the
day to day activity like surfing the Internet, paying
your bills online and logging into the websites with
passwords, your computer is recording most of the
steps you take. For example the history of all the web
sites you visited, all the pictures you downloaded,
all the pages and text you see, are being recorded by
the system. It is done so when you log in to the web
site later, you don't have to type a whole name and
you don't have to complete forms and enter passwords
again. In many cases it is done for your ease of use,
but the problem with that is you compromise on your
security when you use all these features. If somebody
were to look at your PC, which happens quite often.
For example your wife wanted to use it for something,
or your kids would need to play with it. Or if your
computer is at work, your coworkers or your boss would
have access to it. Most of the sources of information
that may represent your sensitive information are
stored on your computer unprotected, and can be
recovered by people with some minimal knowlege of

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