The question of how long computers live is a hard one to answer, both because it is an ever evolving field, but also because the lifespan of a computer changes depending on your needs. This can be summed up into two categories, how long a computer can physically survive and how long the computer is actually useful for. At the… Read more →
Smartphones are one of those devices we just assume is safe and works, but there are a lot of hidden risks to owning a smartphone. Phones today are at the brink of being almost as powerful as a modern day computer and combined with them containing tonnes of our private information, there are several reasons why they are juicy targets… Read more →
The Apple Mac has had a long history in computers, dating back to the mid 80’s, not all of it good, but definitely an adventure. These days Mac’s are highly regarded by graphic designers, developers and quite a bit of private people for their simplicity and ease of use. Mac also used to be known as MacOS, the OS part… Read more →
Microsoft’s Windows 10 is the latest (and maybe last) in a long line of Windows systems, it is what is referred to as an OS aka Operating System, which is fancy tech speak for the program that makes your computer show all the things on the screen. It is quite a bit more complex than that, as it also carries… Read more →
Social media is one of the trickiest places to stay safe, it is also why the number one place criminals use these days, to trick you out of your personal and financial information. This is why it is also one of the places where knowing how to stay safe, will have one of the biggest impacts. One of the greatest… Read more →
You have most likely heard of the internet, you may even in a brief moment have wondered what it actually is, but you most likely don’t really know what it actually is or how it works. The internet is a great many things, a lot more things than you may even be able to imagine, it is also very few… Read more →
In the previous articles we have been talking a lot about examples of how you can stay safe and be a security feature yourself. Today however we will be talking a bit more in depth on some of the actual real world issues to look out for. The most common one of these is the mistaken identity, a lot of… Read more →
Sadly the answer to this one is usually that they are not good for a whole lot. Many antivirus companies have been caught time and time again, brokering backroom deals with malicious players, to let through their information stealing software, for a fee. This doesn’t mean that all antivirus software is inherently bad though, it may just mean that the… Read more →
You have probably heard a bunch of stuff about how computers work and how they are put together, a lot of which probably sounds like nonsense, because it often uses tech lingo that is hard to understand without direct knowledge of it. This is why I will try and explain things in a bit more easy to read fashion. Most… Read more →
No reason to beat around the bush, public wifi hotspots are a big danger, it might however not be for the reasons you think. Sometimes I have used public wifi hotspots at airports, coffee shops, shopping malls and even in grocery stores, it is stupid of me to do so, but there is usually something important to check or send… Read more →