<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #800080"><div>Great, Scott. Thanks. I didn't know that about cell phones...<br></div><div><strong style="font-size: 11px;"><em><br></em></strong></div><div><strong style="font-size: 11px;"><em>Phil Spelt, KCRC Emeritus</em></strong></div><div><span class="signature-truncate"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong><em><span> </span>AMA 1294, Scientific Leader Member<br><span> </span>SPA L-18, Board Member<br> Oliver Springs, TN (865) 435-1476v (865) 604-0541c</em></strong></span></span><span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Scott McHarg via NSRCA-discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br><b>To: </b>"General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, March 13, 2017 10:00:45 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[NSRCA-discussion] Online security<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">I thought I'd take a moment to point just a few things out about online security.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">1. If you send anything via the internet on a website that constitutes personal information, always make sure that the website is secure. You will not see http at the beginning but https:. Some email services, including Gmail send email securely but that does not mean that the recipient's email is secure. SSL (Secure Socket Layers) has been replaced with TLS (Transport Layer Security). These are what comprise, essentially, "https". They are protocols that provide data encryption and what makes your information secure.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">2. Depending on your browser, when you're at a site that is encrypted, you should always look for a notification or a color coding on the letters "https". Green is the most secure. I would not send SS #'s or CC #'s without this. If you see red on an https site, their certificate has expired. It does not mean the data is not secure, it means they have not renewed their certificate. For safety, I would not send personal information on this.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">3. Your cell phone. If you do not have your cell phone "locked" with a PIN or pattern or some way of preventing people from accessing your phone, the data that you send over the internet from your phone is not secure when utilizing cellular data. If you have a PIN or pattern or whatever in place, the phone, regardless if it is iOS or Android, uses that PIN/Pattern/Fingerprint to encrypt your data being delivered. If your phone is simply accessible by picking it up without unlocking your phone, you will be sending data unencrypted and not secure. This refers to when your phone is using cellular data. If you're connected to a Wi-Fi network, you are encrypted by that Wi-Fi router. Point to all this.....lock your phone.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">Hope this helps,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">Scott</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;" style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large;" size="4">Scott A. McHarg</span></b><br><div>VSCL / CANVASS U.A.S. Research Pilot</div><div>Texas A&M University</div><div>PPL - ASEL</div><div>Remote Pilot Certified Under FAA Part 107</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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