TSA Warns Smartphone Users About Juice Jacking – Here’s How to Protect Yourself It’s summer, and the travel season has begun. Many of you will be flying somewhere this summer. You’re at the airport, your phone’s battery is on its last leg, and you finally spot an open public USB charging port. You plug in, eager for a… Read More »
Get a Free Second Phone Number with Google Voice Google Voice gives you a free second phone number (with some caveats) for calls, texts, and voicemail. It works over the internet (VoIP) and forwards calls to your existing phones (mobile or landline). It’s not entirely free in all aspects (e.g., international calls cost money), and availability… Read More »
Megabytes vs. Megabits You’ll often see advertisements for internet or smartphone providers, promoting the fast internet speeds you’ll get if you switch to their services. Providers are cautious not to say megabytes or megabits. They’ll say something like “You’ll get (up to) 300 Megs per second.” Megs is a nice name, but… Now, most people automatically assume… Read More »
How Your Personal Information is Collected, Sold, and What You Can Do About It Our digital lives leave a data trail wherever and whenever we go online. This data, referred to as personal information (PI), can include anything from your email address, name and address, browsing habits, shopping habits, and purchase history. Companies collect this information… Read More »
One Ring and You Could Be Out of Cash Have you ever gotten a missed call from an unknown number, only to call back and be met with strange automated messages or high-pitched ringing? If so, you might have encountered a wangiri scam. Wangiri, a Japanese term meaning “one ring and cut,” describes a telephone scam… Read More »
Our Ten Commandments of Safe Computing We could write a book (you know us) about computer safety (and we have). But we wanted to pare down our list and create a Ten Commandments of Safe Computing for you. Our missions are to help you with your computer, help you safely navigate the web, and keep you safe… Read More »