Stevea Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is protecting sensitive data physically and electronically.

The quick and dirty tip is to use encryption with multiple copies of offline storage.

Hey, this is David, listener calling about episode number 62.

I scanned some documents a few years ago,

and they were quickly used against me

because I think my computer was attacked by some sort of crawler.

So it might be a good idea just to back those up on the CD

if they can be used, such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, stuff like that.

So just a thought.

Great podcast, and we'll talk to you soon.

Ah, David, a Zen master would point out that a butterfly flies joyously from flower to flower

with never a thought about scanned documents or backups.

It just lives its life in the eternal moment.

I point out that five minutes later, the butterfly is captured by a curious eight-year-old

and pinned to a science fair project, living its remaining few minutes in indescribable agony.

I am not his endmaster.

But David has revealed the truth.

If you scan everything onto your computer, it becomes a one-stop shop for a dastardly scoundrel to steal your identity.

I was identity thefted once.

He had a great time in the presidential suite at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, taking a first-class

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