You just can't take security too seriously these days, because even if you don't think your personal information is all that interesting to others, you're probably wrong. Whether it's people selling your banking data or trawling your emails for ways to get into all of your social media accounts, you really don't want anyone having access to your data when they don't have your permission.

Recent high profile so-called hacks have highlighted the need for improved personal online security, with numerous celebrities having their personal photographs stolen and then leaked online. It transpired that the photos had been acquired via compromised iCloud accounts, and with the move to iCloud Photo Library and the soon to be released Photos app for the Mac, we're likely to have more and more of our digital lives sat on Apple's servers.

Throw the data Google has into the mix, especially if you use Gmail, and things can get scary, fast.

Strong passwords are obviously the way to go here, but that isn't always going to be enough to stop bad people from doing bad things, especially if they manage to get that password via another compromised service. But you're OK, because you don't re-use passwords, right? Right.