March 14, 2022 Computer Security Goes Microscopic We didn’t use to think too much about physical computer security because most computers were safely stored in our homes or businesses. But many…
November 29, 2021 My Debit Card Was Hacked Credit cards are more secure than debit cards. I’ve said this in my book, my podcast, my blog and my seminars. Credit card transactions…
September 20, 2021 Security Is Hard It’s really easy to complain about the sadly insecure state of many of our products and services, but the fact is that doing security…
September 21, 2020 Take Out the (Windows) Trash If you’re a Windows PC user, you know the term “bloatware”, or maybe “crapware”. Every consumer PC comes chock full of it. Free trials…
July 6, 2020 TikTok Boom TikTok is the hot new social media service (Snapchat and Instragram are so last year), particularly in Asian countries like India. But India just…
May 18, 2020 Beware the Evil Maid Intel created the Thunderbolt protocol to give us blazingly fast data transfer and other interesting features. Thunderbolt usually comes with the newer USB-C ports,…
January 20, 2020 Clearview Knows Who You Are A small company has amassed over 3 billion online photos from social media and other public sources, creating perhaps the largest facial database in…
January 6, 2020 Time to Upgrade Windows It’s not too late! You can still snag a free upgrade to Windows 10 from Microsoft. If you’re still running Windows 7, it’s time…
