Jan 20, 2019 | mail, Outlook, security, spam
Let’s start with two familiar security principles. • The bad guys can make any name appear as the sender of a malicious email message. • Frequently the email address does not match the name. It’s one of the indicators that a message is fake. The screenshot...
Jan 6, 2019 | Amazon, Apple, Box, bruceb, business, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, OneDrive, Samsung, security, web_services, Windows10
Remember when I wrote an article a year ago predicting that always-connected computers would be heavily promoted in 2018? Yeah, about that: not even close. Nada. All the buzz died away when the first PCs in that category turned out to be underpowered and, well, pretty...
Nov 4, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Facebook, Google, security, web_services
The term “invasion of privacy” is distracting us from understanding important issues. Invasion of privacy is frequently thrown around as a core issue where consumers need protection against tech companies. Apple has made it the cornerstone of its marketing. The...
Oct 14, 2018 | Chrome, Google, LastPass, Office 365, security
Two factor authentication adds an extra step to the process of logging into your accounts. It’s inconvenient. It makes you safer. Until recently two factor authentication was only used by techies and high value targets in government and enterprises. The world...
Oct 7, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Google, LastPass, security, web_services
Google has improved the password management built into the Chrome browser. It’s . . . okay! Not bad! Better than nothing, absolutely. Saving passwords in Chrome is easy and kind of secure, as long as you take a couple of precautions that we’ll talk about below. First,...
Oct 1, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, LastPass, security, web_services
The most important thing you can do to improve your security is to use LastPass. It’s more convenient and more secure than a notebook in the desk drawer or any password system that relies on your memory. Once you have confidence in LastPass (or any password manager),...
