Internet café security while traveling.
I watch all the travelers in the Internet cafes just logging into their Facebook, email and banks accounts without a care in the world. Now unless you are not worried about someone gaining access to your account then read no further.
But if you are like me, constantly looking over your shoulder or scanning above for cameras. Then you should get this nice lightweight free open source program called “PortableApps” and install in on an USB flash drive or your MP3 player.
You can do all this with PortableApps:
- Carry your web browser with all your favorite bookmarks
- Carry your calendar with all your appointments
- Carry your email client with all your contacts and settings
- Carry your instant messenger and your buddy list
- Carry your whole office suite along with your documents and presentations
- Carry your antivirus program and other computer utilities
- Carry all your important passwords and account information securely
Whenever I go into a Internet café I immediately plug my USB drive into the house computer and fire up PortableApps. I have my favorite browser “Firefox” with all my bookmarks. Also, I use FileZilla to ftp my work to my server. I have Abiword installed that also reads or saves in the Microsoft Word format.
Now I travel with a Apple computer and PortableApps will not run on that platform. So I just put all my work on the USB drive that has PortableApps installed. When I get to the Internet café I just fire PortableApps up and open my work with my favorite programs.
Running on Windows XP.
PortableApps is real easy to install and learn how to use. Consider giving it a try for your own protection.
