Category Archives: Security

Why Do-Not-Track Won’t Work

Fifteen years ago, people in the technology field were very concerned about online privacy. They came up with a convoluted and complicated privacy solution called P3P. it failed to win the approval of anyone other than geeks because it was far too complex, complicated, and unwieldy for the average user to learn. P3P went down the proverbial tubes.… Read More »

Are You Going to be a Cyber-Criminal’s Next Victim? Well…are you?

OK folks. We’re determined to keep you safe. We don’t want you being a hacker’s next victim. If you use Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, online banking, do online shopping, pay bills online, or log into any site where your personal information is stored – and you use a simple dictionary word password, or your birthday, or your name,… Read More »

Microsoft pushes critical patch

Windows users are being urged to install a patch for a critical flaw in Windows’ Remote Desktop Protocol which can lead to remote code execution. Microsoft is warning Windows users the world over to apply the security patch released yesterday as soon as possible, following the discovery of a flaw in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server. Security… Read More »

The Irony: Pandering to the Paranoid

Carole wants to know what we think of this Start Page Have you ever heard of something called Start Page (see  https://www.startpage.com/eng/protect-privacy.html  ). Someone had posted something about this on Facebook, so curious what you “guys” think about it. I am not interested myself, but would like to let others know if it is good or not. Thanks Carole… Read More »

Cloudeight Absolute Security — NEW!

The greatest Internet security program ever created is here! Our simple, easy-to-use program will absolutely positively protect you from viruses, Trojans, worms, botnets, adware, spyware, rogues, spam, phishing, hacking, and malware. We can guarantee you that if you use our program you will never have another Internet-borne computer infection. Never fear those nasty old tracking cookies again! Never fear… Read More »