the implications of not using 'protection'

After reading about how Xiaxue's gmail and blogger accounts were hacked into by someone,got me thinking how vulnerable we are in the blogosphere. I had my blog now for 3 years. I written lots of stuff here that I have never spoken to anyone,even those closet to me. This blog contains my deepest thoughts and feelings about my life. My hurts,my pains,my heartbreaks and my disappointments. It also contains my joys,loves,dreams and aspirations. It is here that I say all the stuff that would otherwise remain unsaid.

Just imagine if I woke up tomorrow and found this blog gone. *poof* Someone had hacked into it and deleted everything! There are things written here that I do not even remember writing. And then there are things recorded here for posterity that I hope one day my kids will get to read.

I can only imagine how Xiaxue is feeling now. Though all is not lost and she will be able to get back alot of her content.(Think it is backed up till May 05 or something) But there is so much else that goes into a blog than just the postings. I have spent countless hours making this blog look the way it does now. It used to be a generic blog using the templates on Blogger.

I have had my email account hacked before so I know the feeling. Luckily for me no damage was done. Although I do still get messages of emails that bounced back due to 'viruses' that I had sent. But a small consolation is found that it could have been so much worse...

So what is the point I was trying to make? I have forgotten....ohh...use protection. Use a password that is not easy to remember(though it is a bitch to remember for the user to),invest in a good firewall to keep hackers out and back up all your data.