I've been working on a new book project recently and I figured I'd finally announce it to anyone who cared.

There seems to be a gap in knowledge over how to protect your data. It seems people understand that their computers are somehow important, but don't do enough to protect the real asset; their data. Computers are replaceable, even for as little as $300. Data, however, is not.

If you lose your hard drive right now in a fire, what will you lose? And I mean lose forever. Family pictures? Home movies? Banking information? And how much data would be compromised if your computer was stolen? Just because you have a password on your computer does not mean your data is protected from prying eyes. In fact, I can almost guarantee it's not.

The crazy thing is, while it might take a little time to set up, you can have all your data secure, from loss and theft, for as little as $1 a month and spending as little as an hour a month keeping it up to date.

So that's my book idea, laying out how to do this in as practical a way as possible, and in a way that everyone should be able to understand and implement, not just the geeks among us.

I'll also try to post as much to the blog as possible. I plan on publishing as DRM-free ebooks and on lulu for those of us who still like viscous liquid on dry tree pulp.

Anyone have any special requests on topics I should cover?

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