In developing this opportunity, VA and CMS both stress the importance to users of protecting the electronic information on their personal computers with appropriate security measures.

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Electronic returns don't have to be entered into the system by hand, and the IRS's computers reject any returns with incorrect basic information such as Social Security numbers, birth dates (even of a child) and married names (they must match what is in Social Security records).

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Atalla is indeed a father of information security technology, and he says he is working on a new advance that will make all computers much more secure than any of us think we can expect.

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As with all computers, there are some worries over the security of wearable devices that are able to store and wirelessly send personal information.

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