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…
September 14, 2020 It’s a Trap! Enterprising scammers have found some very clever ways to trick you into believing your computer needs fixing, when in reality it’s just fine. Using…
September 7, 2020 Firefox Privacy (Part 2) Did you know that Google’s search can track you on a non-Chrome browser, even if you block third party cookies? And did you also…
August 31, 2020 Firefox Privacy (Part 1) If you really care about online privacy, you can’t use Google’s Chrome browser. Google is an advertising company. Everything else they do is in…
August 24, 2020 Apple’s Epic Battle Epic – the maker of the massively popular game Fortnite – has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet. It has decided that it no longer…
August 17, 2020 This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (part 2) Can Facebook or Google really promise to keep your data private in this era of mass surveillance by the likes of the NSA and…
August 10, 2020 This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (part 1) What good are privacy laws when we all know that intelligence agencies don’t play by the rules? How can any company promise to keep…
August 3, 2020 The Pros & Cons of Antivirus Software When most people think of protecting their computers, they think of antivirus software. Viruses are a real problem, of course, but how well do…
July 27, 2020 The Great Twitter Hack Last week, Twitter was massively hacked – apparently just to launch a Bitcoin scam (though that story is still developing). Famous people’s accounts were…
July 20, 2020 Your Money or Your Data (part 2) In the second part of my interview with Renee Dudley from ProPublica, we delve into the cyber insurance and ransomware incident response industries, including…
