Online Photo Storage and Sharing

I am quite keen on being a Content Creator, rather than purely a Content Consumer in social networks. This means I am keen to find and share new things from outside the network (as opposed to just re-sharing content from within that service), and also I love to share new images I have taken, or new things I have created - including blog posts :)

Because of this I have tried out quite a number of the various image services over the last year or so and have very mixed feelings about most of them.

This article was born out of a desire to compile my thoughts, but also the thought that this research might be of interest to a few of you too.

Free Wifi is scary!

The internet is such a part of our lives these days that it almost seems like a right not a privilege. 

Because of that we might be forgiven to consider it separate from our normal realisation that nothing is really FREE, that there is a price there, however hidden.

And with 'FREE WIFI' that price is your security.

Why did I get hacked? (Part 1: my story)

If you have your own webpage and have never been hacked you may think it is only something that happens to those 'other people' you hear about. Maybe major companies like Sony or LinkedIn. People with valuable data, or somewhere the hacker can make a big statement.

I KNOW you think that, because I thought that too - until I got hacked myself.

How are websites storing my details?

Websites store a lot of information about us - from our names, DoBs, addresses and email addresses to bank details and other sensitive data.
How do they deal with the responsibility of holding this stuff, and what do they do to keep us safe from marauding naughties?