Can You Hear Me Now? If you receive a call and hear someone say, “Can you hear me?” you better hang up without saying a word. By asking “Can you hear me” the scammers are trying to coax you into saying “yes”. If you say “Yes” the con artist now has a recording of you saying… Read More »
Your Security Begins with Strong Passwords If we had a dollar for every email, we’ve received that says something like “I’ve been hacked!” we would have hundreds -maybe thousands – of dollars. Yep! We have preached and preached about using a password manager like LastPass (or pick any good password manager) to create and manage passwords. But… Read More »
How to Avoid Being Scammed … And a Cloudeight Site Pick Did you know that this year scammers will reap $2 billion in ill-gotten revenue? And all those hundreds of millions of dollars come from people just like you and me. How many times have you seen newspaper articles or TV news reports about scams and… Read More »
Search the Web, Plant a Tree, and Get Some Extra Privacy We just found a search engine that provides you with as much security and privacy as DuckDuckGo but goes a step beyond. When you search using Ecosia, you not only enhance your search privacy, you also plant trees. And who doesn’t love trees? Well, you… Read More »
Be Careful What You Search For Google Supplying Police User Information Based on Search History There are few things that reveal as much about a person as their search history. Until recently, police needed a search warrant on a known suspect to obtain that sensitive information. But it seems our right to privacy is eroding faster… Read More »
Operation DisrupTor Proves There is no Anonymity on the Web Despite what VPN and identity theft protection services, and “secure” webmail services try to tell you — we’ll stand by our conviction that nothing is anonymous on the web If you are connected to the Internet with a phone, tablet, or PC or any other device,… Read More »