Consumer Reports says...Are you secure?

I'm a little late, but here is my report.
The June 2011 issue of Consumer Reports featured how to beef up security for your home as well as id theft and computer malware. (Timely!)

Advice for your Home:

• don't make it easy! take the time to lock up! cars too! (we've had a bunch of car breakins recently, but they were "let-ins" because the cars weren't locked.)
• don't advertise you're on vacation - make it look occupied, a toy in the yard, neighbors picking up your newspapers, etc.
• shut your garage door!
• use your house alarm system (guilty)
• a gun is NOT your best defense - most people who buy guns for protection are not properly trained and do not secure their gun making it more of a risk to themselves than protection

Advice for your ID & Accounts:

• use tougher passwords with letter and number combinations
• try not to bank from public computers
• shred bills, medical files and receipts (they also recommend destroying prescription labels)
• cover yourself when entering pin number
• know what should and shouldn't be on your credit card statement

Facebook advice:

• set security for friends only and say no to allowing advertisers access to your info
• preteens should NOT be on facebook, be aware

And here are some Ratings:
Security Software
Best Free Anti-Malware Program: Avira
Best Pay Security Suites: BitDefender, ESET, Avira, Norton, G Data & Kapersky (that's mine)
all rated very good performance and ease of use

Laptops
Apple MacBook 11 in #1; 13 in #1, 3, 4, 5; 15 in #1, 2
Toshiba 14 in #1, 6, 13 in #2, 8
Other honorable mentions
Sony, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Gateway, Asus

Tablets
Apple ipad and ipad2 still blow others away =)