If You Had a Yahoo Account in 2013, You Were Hacked “Sitting down? An epic and historic data breach at Yahoo in August 2013 affected every single customer account that existed at the time, Yahoo parent company Verizon said on Tuesday… ” CNN Money A recent admission by Verizon (new owner of Yahoo and now known as Oath), raises… Read More »
From Switzerland With Love: Email Privacy Your Way You have to hand it to the Swiss. They always seem to stay out of wars, make great cheese, keep a pristine environment pristine, and, of course, to this day, remain the world’s only country that comes so close to being a true democracy. The USA is a republic, but… Read More »
The Password Is Finally Dying. Here’s Mine by John Kuczala WSJ The password to my Twitter TWTR +1.29% account, which has been mine since 2007 and through which I have published more than 51,000 tweets, is “christophermims.” Knowing that won’t help you hack it, however. In fact, I’m publishing my password to make a point: The password is finally dying, if we… Read More »
Secure Email Made Easy Windows/Apple/Android One of the most insecure forms of communications is email. Email is stored not only on your computer (even if you delete it) but it’s stored on a Web server whether you use a Web mail service or your ISP’s mail service. And by now, there is one thing we all know —… Read More »
Let’s Play the Password Game With all the brouhaha over the Heartbleed Bug and other known and unknown threats, the only thing you can do is make sure you’re using nothing but strong passwords — and change them frequently. Yes, it’s a hassle, but not nearly as big of a hassle as having your bank account cleaned out… Read More »
I read a lot. I love books of all kinds. Not only am I a book lover, I’ve been known to read the backs of cereal boxes, Kleenex tissue boxes, beer bottles (there are some fun reads!), and whatever else I can get my paws on. I thought I was a pretty fast reader, but alas, I’m not… Read More »