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Securing Your WI-FI network at home

6/29/2013

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This post is part of a regular series of privacy and security tips to help you and your family stay safe and secure online. Privacy and security are important topics—they matter to us, and they matter to you. Building on our Good to Know site with advice for safe and savvy Internet use, we hope this information helps you understand the choices and control that you have over your online information.
Posted on Googles BLOG 27 June 2013
More than a quarter of Internet users worldwide use WiFi at home to connect to the web, but many aren't sure how to protect their home network, or why it is important to do so. The best way to think of your home WiFi network is to think of it like your front door: you want a strong lock on both to ensure your safety and security.

When data is in transit over an unsecured WiFi network, the information you’re sending or receiving could be intercepted by someone nearby. Your neighbors might also be able to use the network for their own Internet activities, which might slow down your connection. Securing your network can help keep your information safe when you’re connecting wirelessly, and can also help protect the devices that are connected to your network.

If you’re interested in improving your home WiFi security, the steps below can help make your home network safer.

1. Check to see what kind of home WiFi security you already have.
Do your friends need to enter a password to get on your network when they visit your house for the first time and ask to use your WiFi? If they don’t, your network isn’t as secure as it could be. Even if they do need to enter a password, there are a few different methods of securing your network, and some are better than others. Check what kind of security you have for your network at home by looking at your WiFi settings. Your network will likely either be unsecured, or secured with WEP, WPA or WPA2. WEP is the oldest wireless security protocol, and it’s pretty weak. WPA is better than WEP, but WPA2 is best.

2. Change your network security settings to WPA2.
Your wireless router is the machine that creates the WiFi network. If you don’t have your home network secured with WPA2, you’ll need to access your router’s settings page to make the change. You can check your router’s user manual to figure out how to access this page, or look for instructions online for your specific router. Any device with a WiFi trademark sold since 2006 is required to support WPA2. If you have a router that was made before then, we suggest upgrading to a new router that does offer WPA2. It’s safer and can be much faster.

3. Create a strong password for your WiFi network.
To secure your network with WPA2, you’ll need to create a password. It’s important that you choose a unique password, with a long mix of numbers, letters and symbols so others can’t easily guess it. If you’re in a private space such as your home, it’s OK to write this password down so you can remember it, and keep it somewhere safe so you don’t lose it. You might also need it handy in case your friends come to visit and want to connect to the Internet via your network. Just like you wouldn’t give a stranger a key to your house, you should only give your WiFi password to people you trust.

4. Secure your router too, so nobody can change your settings.
Your router needs its own password, separate from the password you use to secure your network. Routers come without a password, or if they do have one, it’s a simple default password that many online criminals may already know. If you don’t reset your router password, criminals anywhere in the world have an easy way to launch an attack on your network, the data shared on it and the computers connected to your network. For many routers, you can reset the password from the router settings page. Keep this password to yourself, and make it different from the one you use to connect to the WiFi network (as described in step 3). If you make these passwords the same, then anyone who has the password to connect to your network will also be able to change your wireless router settings.

5. If you need help, look up the instructions.
If you’ve misplaced your router’s manual, type the model number of your base station or router into a search engine—in many cases the info is available online. Otherwise, contact the company that manufactured the router or your Internet Service Provider for assistance.

Please check out the video below to learn more about the simple but important steps you can take to improve the security of your Internet browsing.
For more advice on how to protect yourself and your family online, visit our Good to Know site
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An innovative and Money Saving idea for old wooden pallets

6/28/2013

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Heres a great idea for any old pallets you may be able to acquire .

As the picture suggests just double stack ( I say triple stack) them, screw together and paint .  If you are making a cover for them perhaps theres no need to paint it .  Cushions can easily be made from cheap to buy foam off the market and some fabric . 

With me being skint at the moment and just moved into a new house with no garden furniture I will be attempting this . Enjoy .

Originally posted on FB/Amazing World

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Welcome to : About Stockton - My little site about Stockton

6/20/2013

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Hi, hello and welcome to this site I created about the town I live in, Stockton .  I am not from here , originally from just outside Liverpool . I joined the RAF for 15 years , moving around until eventually settling in Lincoln .    I met my now wife and eventually moved to Stockton in Jan 2012 .
I live in Hardwick now with my newly acquired family and enjoying it very much .  I decided to make this site to promote my wifes place of work and our community centre . A website about Hardwick wouldnt amount to many pages so I decided to just expand it to the town as a whole .
  I concentrated on Hardwick first and all else will follow ( when I get the time ).

Any submissions you have are welcome .

Any Blog articles about ANYTHING STOCKTON related are welcome as long as they are in the boundaries of good taste .  Just email me at the CONTACT US page .

Stu

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Ashley Banjo and Diversity , The Town That Danced Again , will be filmed on Stockton on Tees High Street July 09th, 2013

6/8/2013

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ashley banjo , the town that danced again ,PictureASHLEY BANJO needs you to join in the dance .
So after weeks of hard work and some blood sweat and tears the final filming of Ashley Banjos and Diversitys " The Town That Danced Again " for SKY 1 is to be filmed on Sunday July 14 in the High Street .
WILL YOU BE THERE ??

JOIN ASHLEY . LEARN THE DANCE MOVES
On the 14th July 2013, there will be a massive televised dance event on SKY 1 and
Ashley needs the whole of Stockton-on-Tees to get involved!
AUDITION APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
but you can still take part on Sun 14 July as part of the mass dance event .

Ashley Banjo wants to get the whole of Stockton-on-Tees dancing in a spectacular, televised dance event that will take place on the 14th July 2013. Ashley needs the WHOLE town to get involved on the day so he wants families, friends, work colleagues, the young and the old to get involved.
No previous dance experience is necessary!
SIGN UP HERE
This dance event is 100% free to attend.

All you need to do is register your interest by signing up
IMPORTANT INFORMATION Once you've signed up & learnt the moves all you have to do is turn up on the High Street by the Town Hall
from 11am on the 14th July 2013.

The event will be finished by 6pm.

The series will follow Ashley as he puts together a number of dance groups (made up of members of the local community) as they learn a dance routine and ultimately perform as part of a bigger, mass dance event for the whole town. The project will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Stockton residents to come together, celebrate the community and show the rest of the UK what they can do.

The Town That Danced again will be broadcast on Sky 1
in September this year.

Will you watch it and wish you'd joined in...? Or will you be proud to have helped Ashley pull of this incredible challenge?
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