Wi-Fi Blocking Wallpaper to Keep Signal Thieves Away
How many stories can you tell about your neighbors stealing your Wi-Fi signal? Or maybe it is the other way around? If you live in a building, then the chances are that you will have quite some stories to tell. If you are tired of having people leeching off you, you will love what a [...]
Are You Protecting Your WordPress Blog?
You’ve got locks on your front door. You latch your windows at night. You might even have a home security system. Almost every newer model car has an alarm. We can pretty safely assume you have some sort of firewall and virus protection program for your computer as well. But what about your web site? [...]
Russian ATM That Can Detect Lies
Thieves who make their living out of unauthorized ATM access are soon going to have to find a different source of income. I have, fortunately, never been a victim of ATM theft, but there are countless people who have been victimized via all sorts of modus operandi. If Russian company Speed Technology Center succeeds in [...]
Beware of Scareware!
I’ve heard of malware, but scareware? Apparently, scammers are now playing on the fears of Windows users – fear of viruses and other malware. In order to make money, they dupe people into thinking that their system is suffering from a relentless malware attack, hence the term scareware. As the scammers prey upon those fears, [...]
Internet Surveillance in America’s Future?
Talk about Big Brother. As if the capability to run (legal) wiretaps weren’t enough, the United States government is now aiming to set in place systems that would allow them to (legally) wiretap electronic communication such as e-mail and Facebook messages! What the Congress wants is that if the government sends a provider a wiretap [...]
Worried About Online Security? Go Online in Sierra Leone.
How worried are you about your security when you go online? AVG, one of the most recognized names in anti-virus protection and Internet security in general, recently conducted a study on the state of online security in various countries. Involved in the study were 144 countries and 127 million systems. AVG collected data relating to [...]
iTunes Is Safe. Are You?
If you have an iTunes account that you use to purchase apps, songs, etc. for, then you were probably one of those who have been anxious in the past day or so. Reports that iTunes has been hacked spread like wildfire the other day. Posts in mainstream sites such as TechCrunch probably served to make [...]
Is Your Privacy Online Protected?
Practically everyone is online these days, and you can’t really keep track of all the information on you out there. While you may be careful with what you post and what you do on the Internet, threats to privacy are very much real. We’ve heard of horror stories about these issues all too often, but [...]
Is Your Geotag Function Disabled?
Tech-savvy individuals would know all about geotags. Initially, the whole idea can make you overly excited. When you hear about what happened to Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame), though, you might think twice about enabling thing function. Basically, geotagging allows data to be embedded in different media such as photos and videos. For example, when [...]
Toshiba Wipe Adds More Security for Sensitive Data
Paranoid about the sensitive data you have in your hard drive? Toshiba just might have the answer for you with their new technology called Wipe. This technology involves self-encrypted hard drives. Basically, the security lies in the fact that sensitive data can be wiped out from the drive when the system is turned off or [...]
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