Someone Is Phishing For You All computer users We guarantee you that someone is fishing for you. And you! And you! And EB! And TC! Yep! It’s true, someone, somewhere has a line in the water right now, and at the end of that line is a big hook with a piece of juicy bait on it. They’re… Read More »
Multiple Freeware Picks What are they? Password Generators What operating systems? Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 OK folks. We’re determined to keep you safe. And we’re going to keep harping on this until you all listen to us: This is the age of the cloud. You cannot use the same password for everything anymore. This is the… Read More »
We’ve had hundreds of readers send pet peeves. Do you know what most of them are? They’re about email. Yes, about junky forwards, forwards with everyone else’s address showing up in the cc: field, etc. We started thinking that perhaps many people really don’t know what good email etiquette is, so here are a few (there are more)… Read More »
Some of you use Twitter, fewer use FourSquare (a Facebook-like site), and many of you use image-hosting sites like Flickr. In an age where privacy is getting harder and harder to find, you still may be startled to learn, if you use big social-networking sites or image-hosting/sharing sites, your privacy has all but evaporated. Leave it to some… Read More »
Some of you have noticed that Norton 360 now includes “LifeLock”. So Norton now not only touts that its firewall can keep you safe from identity theft – but “LifeLock” can keep you even safer. The truth is, neither one can. Norton knows it. We know it. Anyone who understands how identity theft works knows it. If all… Read More »
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer – AKA Secure Web Servers What it all means to you Web browser: “How do I know you’re who you say you are, Mr. Big Bank? You have any ID?” Mr. Big Bank: “As a matter of fact, I do, young fella. Here is my security certificate, you’ll notice that it matches the one… Read More »