Quite often I get the question/ statement directed at me that that goes something like… My smartphone journey began near the end of 2004 when my beloved Samsung flip-phone vibrated in my hands as I was about to make a call, jumped into the air, took a nosedive from 2 stories up, hit a metal[…]
I know you’ve seen lots of lists floating about, however, I will say that the following 10 things I have seen just today on my news feed. So… In today’s age it is all too easy to find out anything you wish about people from their social posts. Prospective employers, college admission officers, business parters,[…]
you’ve read my explanation of how to make a more secure password, Your Password Sucks (A Public Service Announcement)((http://techneeded.com/2015/05/30/passwordsucks/, Daniel Northcutt, 2015)), you might be taking the time to think a bit more about the passwords you use, and making them a bit better. The method I discussed uses simple changes to what you already[…]
By now, I’m sure that you KNOW that you are being tracked online in some way. I’m sure that you understand deep down that that there are these shadowy figures that know things about you and what you look at online and what you buy. I’m equally sure that you don’t know the full picture, or how[…]
I get several emails a week from people with accounts that have been hacked simply because the password associated with that account was too simple, or just plain stupid (like “password” or “1234”). I see posts on Facebook made by user’s friends or family because they guessed a password (or the owner forgot to log[…]
