The Internet can be an easy place to shop for gifts, pay your bills, keep in touch with family and manage your bank accounts. Of course, with this convenience also comes risk with transmitting so much personal information over the net where those with nefarious intentions can be waiting to steal your credit card numbers or personal details.

Firefox is generally considered a secure web browser, but if you’re interested in keeping your activity on certain websites private or giving yourself extra protection against phishing, hackers and viruses, you may want to consider beefing up your Firefox’s security in general.

While backups on hard drives and CDs may still be the preferred method of data storage for many, a growing number of people are finding that the Internet provides a great place to store all their data, whether it’s for the long term or just to transfer information to another person.