I have the same set up. Run my main account in user mode not admin. Have 1Password and am still clearing out any passwords from my keychain. I use ClamX to check for viruses. I think I am reasonably secure.
David > Thanks Jason. > > In addition to the stuff in the article, I have auto-log-in disabled, run my > own account as non-admin and use 1Password with no form filling allowed in > Safari etc. 1Password is brilliant, well worth the money, I have it on mac > and iPhone. > > One thing that slightly concerned me from the Apple support article was the > statement that booting in target disk mode would be blocked. So if my drive > went belly-up, would it still be possible to retrieve data, provided the data > recovery person/company had the firmware password? (Yes, yes, back-up, > back-up and back-up again. I do!) > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Manor Park Medical Centre > www.manorparksurgery.com > Tel 01323482301 > East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) > www.sslmcs.co.uk/ > Tel 01372389271 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Have your say about NHS market reforms > > Visit www.lookafterournhs.org.uk > > > On 19 April 2010 13:38, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 19 Apr 2010, at 11:27, Russell Brown wrote: > > > > > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352 > > > > Worthwhile, given my macbook travels to a fiar few meetings ina variety of > > venues but rarely leaves my side? > > the basic rule is that unless you have encryption of the contents, physical > possession of the disk is, after some work, possession of its contents. > > That means keychain stuff, auto-fill on websites etc. > > There's the physical loss of the machine which is annoying, of course. Most > thieves will wipe the disk, I'd have thought, but they might look for credit > card details. > > So this is a good idea because it will deter 'casual' attempts to get > passwords. > > auto-login is a bad idea but we all use it...! > > If you're moving around a lot with it , I would say the more passwords the > better...but it's annoying to have to enter them over and over. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
