Filed under: Internet, Security, Google
Google Health pilot launches with Cleveland Clinic
Patient data including medical histories, allergies, prescriptions, and diagnoses will be stored online, which leads to at least two questions:
- Will people feel that their data is safe simply because they've come up with an unhackable password like "1234?"
- Do you really want Google to know your allergies, and do you trust Google not to try to sell you antihistamines with this information?
As for the password protection, there's no way to guarantee that someone won't hack their way into your data. But there are some basic tips you should follow to come up with a secure password. And you should really use a different password for each online account you have so that someone who finds their way into your Flickr account can't access your medical records.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
