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 →
In 2019 the most common passwords were still “password” and “123456” or derivatives of those like “Passw0rd” or “123A56” and a lot of people keep talking about how these are gaping security holes. However it seems that nobody actually talks about WHY these are security holes. The reasons behind this being such a security threat is actually a lot more… Read more →
As I have talked about in the article about the most important security feature, we as people and our mentality towards technology is pretty much the determining factor. That is why this article will focus on how you and the people around you, be it friends, family or employee’s, can become a security feature, not a security risk. It mainly… Read more →
The single most important security feature on any computer is you, the person behind the keyboard. As I said in the computer history article, there is a big focus on security with most reputable companies, so most computer systems are pretty well protected in the first place. This brings us to you and people in general, we are the biggest… Read more →
“Back in the day” computer illiteracy was a very different beast than it is today, most urban legends about people using CD-ROM trays as coffee cup holders is actually something I have seen in the real world. Today there is a 50/50 chance that you and many others don’t even know what a CD-ROM is, but if it was still… Read more →
Welcome guys and gals, it’s been quite a few years of me toying with this site to try and figure out what exactly to use it for and for the past two years it has just been collecting dust. I have finally gotten around to kicking some life back into it and finding a purpose for it, the purpose being… Read more →