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DearWebby is actually Helmut Morscher, the CEO of Webby, inc.
Originally the "Tech Support Pits" were reports of the funniest tech support incidents, but over the years the
column gradually shifted to answering tech support questions put forward by the readers of the Dear
Webby Humor Letter.
This collection of computer and web advice was started partly because readers demanded an archive, and partly
because some questions were asked again and again. Each page has a different day's Tech Support Pits column.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Tech Support Pits column from Dear Webby's Humor Letter of
05/30/05: FTP via browser
Tech Support Pits:
From Freddy===
Dear Webby,
Today a friend showed me how to use a browser to upload
files to my site. It worked just fine. However, afterward I
started to wonder about how safe and secure that is.
What's your opinion on that?
F.W.
Dear Freddy
If it is just a family site with a picture of your dog and
your truck, then it's probably safe enough to use
occasionally, to for example correct a typo or add
some pictures.
Keep in mind that the browser stores the access in it's
history. Never combine the log-in info with the URL if you
are doing it from a cyber cafe or somebody else's machine.
FTP programs are small and it only takes a few seconds to
download a trial version of the program that you use at
home. After using it at somebody elses machine, you can
delete it and there is no record of your log-on info left
behind.
Have FUN!
Dear Webby
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