New Critical Security Bug in Chrome – Update Now Google has issued a security warning for all users of its Chrome web browser. A new update for Chrome — version 81.0.4044.113 — is rolling out for Windows, Android, and Linux devices. According to Google’s Chrome Releases Blog: “…Security Fixes and Rewards Note: Access to bug details… Read More »
Password Checkup by Google Most of the time, the only thing that protects you personal information and online accounts are your passwords. Yet 67% of people admit to using the same password for more than one account and over 40% of people use simple passwords like pet names, birthdates, or even using the word “password” as… Read More »
Privacy Badger: The Badger of Privacy We think “Do Not Track” browser features and browser add-ons are worthless – they assume that everything and everyone is tracking you for evil purposes and thus they block everything regardless of who or what it is, who it is, even it may be beneficial. Yes, indeed, we tells ya…… Read More »
All About the I We get a lot of email asking about the i. Not i like me, but this i… Do you recognize it? How about this: Or this: What about this? Think of the i in the circle as meaning “informative”. It’s not a “warning”. If you click it you’ll see something like this: This seems… Read More »
Jim asks about tracking cookies I recently switched from IE8 to Firefox. When I run SUPERAntiSpyware, it finds about 200 tracking cookies each day. They all seem to be related to Firefox. I never encountered this in IE8. You have previously educated me not to be worried about cookies, but are tracking cookies different? I remove them, but… Read More »
Arden asks about additional bank security One of my bank accounts (I wish I had some money in them, I would share) introduced a security program Called Rapport Security. Supposedly it can be used to secure any website. Is it a good thing to use as extra security? Is it really needed? Our Answer According to what we’ve… Read More »