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"Ask the Techies" is an internet TV show explaining the latest in cool technology from iPods to Photoshop.

 

Episode 48: How Secure/Private is a Public Computer? Subscribing to Ask the Techies

In response to viewer questions, D.Lee Beard explains how to subscribe and view the two versions of Ask the Techies via iTunes and the Democracy Player & explains which version you should be subscribing to.

Is someone secretly and remotely watching what you are doing on your computer without your knowledge? This can easily happen on public computers. D.Lee shows you how someone can watch what is happening on another computer or computers using VNC or Apple Remote Desktop software without the user even knowing! Learn how secure you are (or are not) in this brief review of VNC and Apple Remote Desktop software to connect Macs & Macs and Macs & Windows computers with virtual remote desktop software VNC. (21min 45sec)

Host: D.Lee Beard

 

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