2021-01-01 04:30
Do we like giving out our email addresses?
Do we like spam?
Do we like having our login information stolen?
Not a lot of takers?
Let’s talk about a service you never knew you desperate… Read More
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2020-11-21 18:04
Image by TheDigitalWay from PixabayWhat if an identity thief decided to steal your stimulus check or your tax refund? He’d have to have your name and social security number&ndash&hell…Read More
2020-07-03 04:14
A friend of mine recently had to spend substantial chunks of his week dealing with credit theft. As such things go it wasn’t all that bad but why not spend 30 minutes to save hou… Read More
2020-06-16 05:06
Did you celebrate May 7th? That was international password day. Even if you didn’t celebrate, the dark web probably did.
It’s quite possible one or more of your passw… Read More
2020-02-25 19:15
How many people like spam?
How many people like having their login information stolen?
How many people like giving out their email address?
Not a lot of takers?
Understanding the problem:… Read More
2020-02-25 17:28
While most people have lousy passwords, there’s another problem: Someone can get your password and it isn’t your fault. Worse yet, maybe it isn’t even your bank… Read More
2019-01-19 07:11
Here we go again, only more so. Password theft is, unfortunately, a recurrent theme. An increasingly large volume of login credential theft happens every year as seen in thi… Read More
2016-10-18 00:00
Pity the government entities that have to deal with information security. If they get it right, no thanks will be forthcoming. If they get it wrong, they live in fear of mortify… Read More
2016-09-20 00:00
There are good reasons to dislike the push to move from perpetually licensed software to subscription software:
1) The primary motivation for the push is greed on the part of software com… Read More
2016-07-30 00:00
Does the title seem like a typo, randomly generated, a joke?
No, it’s deliberate, thought out, and not a joke. Run with me on this.
If a bureaucracy wants to show it car… Read More
2016-06-01 00:00
A friend read a story claiming the U.S. nuclear system still used archaic 8 inch floppy disks. He didn’t want to get suckered into believing an urban legend and asked, &ldq&helli…Read More
2016-04-30 00:00
Given the high number of data breaches where a merchant loses voluminous quantities of customer’s credit card numbers, what should you do?
Don’t buy anything?
Worry all the tim… Read More
2016-04-13 00:00
What password guidelines are you given?
87 characters long
No words, only gobbledygook
Upper & lower case, numbers, symbols
Change it every 27 minutes
Don’t use symbols
Use a dif… Read More
2016-04-05 00:00
So, what do the leading presidential candidates have to offer? How do they balance individual freedom and national security? Do they grasp the technological concepts? What… Read More
2016-03-31 00:00
The good news is that we have good tools to protect our data. The bad news? That’s not our biggest problem.
Although many large corporations and the government inex… Read More
2016-02-09 00:00
New tech is great, but sometimes it doesn’t get pointed in the right direction. What about the Internet of Things? Is this an exciting advance, a dangerous pit, or t… Read More
2016-01-12 00:00
While gambling is a poor deal (see Powerball: Threat or Menace?), what if the lottery is somehow even worse than even the millions-to-one odds that are advertised?… Read More
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