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Many PC users out there are under the impression that when they delete an email, no one else can ever read that email. Similarly, when they clear their internet history and close their browser, the sites they’ve surfed disappear forever. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, in fact a lot of this information remains on our hard-drives, and unless we know exactly where it resides and how to delete it—it will remain hidden forever.
Generally, this does not really pose a threat because who would go through our computers? But sometimes a friend, a boss or a spouse may get curious and if they really wanted to, they can in fact find out what emails you’ve sent, what websites you’ve visited, what movies you’ve watched and what music you’ve listened to. It’s not hard at all and there is a ton of software out there that can dig up all that information quickly from your PC.
In recent times, privacy protection has become more of a problem particularly with bosses, as they want to monitor what their employees use the work computers for. The nastiest part is that most of the time the bosses don’t inform their employees that they are doing any spying! Nevertheless, there are steps you can take to protect your privacy. Unfortunately deleting your internet history or deleting old emails may not be enough—it can all be recovered.
In order to properly clear your computer history, you either require a thorough knowledge of computers, or you need software to do it all for you. A small piece of software can be used to delete all the evidence on your PC so that no one can ever find out what you use your computer for. Now, I’m not saying that most folks get up to no good with their computers, but at the end of the day what you do with your PC is private and no one else should have a right to view your computer history. |