This advice seems reasonable.

Read Peter Egan at his best. It was published 30 years ago.

A nice article but a better GIF that explains why propellers look odd in digital pictures. The GIF explains in a way that could not be done with any number of words. It is said “picture is worth a thousand words.” What is a GIF worth?

From this article: “Despite devoting countless resources toward rectifying the issue, Chinese government officials announced Monday that the country has struggled to recruit hackers fast enough to keep pace with vulnerabilities in U.S. security systems.” Oh, wait … that’s from the Onion. It is getting so hard to tell the difference any more.

During the Cold War, the Soviets built a key tracker for a typewriter. They stuffed tiny electronics in the metal bar that pinches the paper to the roller. The circuits measured the electro-magnetic field produced when rotating the ball to the requested character. When the buffer in the bar was full, it would send a message to a separate eavesdropping devices that would relay the information to headquarters.

Amazing the lengths that states go to spy on one another. Is there any doubt that a state that can design this eavesdropping device would not be able to break into a computer. Even an email server stored in a bathroom closet.

Read the whole articles on this Ars Technica page.