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Libraries are wonderful places! A lot of people remember when they got their first library card. It gave them the freedom to check out novels, biographies, reference books, atlases, and how-to books.

Today, libraries are still around, but the Internet brings a wealth of data to your desktop at work, school, or home ... even on vacation.

The old library card served the purpose of protecting library assets from theft and even from some vandalism.

The Internet is much the same. Hackers seek access to everything, even things they shouldn't see. For some hackers, simply seeing data isn't enough; they have to mess with mess with
Verb

Informal, chiefly US to interfere in, or become involved with, a dangerous person, thing, or situation: he had started messing with drugs 
 and change data to suit their warped thinking. Others plant viruses and Trojan horses It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome.
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  • Beast Trojan
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 to destroy data simply because they feel like it. Enemies would take our data and twist it to harm both us and others.

So the next time you go searching for information on AKO Ako (äkō`), city (1990 pop. 51,131), Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea. Relying on its steel and chemical industries, Ako has become one of Japan's most polluted industrial cities. , LOGNet, AEPS AEPS Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (8 nations including Canada & USA)
AEPS Aviation Employee Placement Service
AEPS Army Electronic Product Support (web-based logistics information and applications) 
, or LIW See VLIW. , just remember all those logons and passwords are like your library cards. They are meant to protect you and the data you need. The extra effort is worth the memory needed to keep track of multiple passwords.

Information is power, and it must be protected to be preserved. However, for information to be energized, you have to access it and use it.
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Date:Jul 1, 2006
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