Why a security category
I do almost everything on line, and use passwords and keys to protect assets I need to access. I have grown fully dependant on technology to live my life.
The computers I trust most are the ones that I administer. Their security provisions and their degree of exposure to viruses and similar threats are under my control. I avoid using alien equipment for important transactioins.
Although there are many people I fully trust, I can trust them, but I cannot usually trust their methods.
I concern myself with the possible loss or theft or compromise of these trusted devices, more so when I travel.
Suppose my laptop is stolen when I travel.
- How do I preserve and recover the collection of passwords I use to access secured online accounts such as bank accounts? How is their privacy protected?
- How do I preserve and protect the state of work in progress of whatever projects I am maintaining using this device? Any of that work which may contain sensitive private information needs to be safe.
- How do I protect my online identity. This entails, revoking compromised keys such as GPG keys, and SSH keys.
The security category is where I try to pose and answer such questions.