March 4, 2010
If you’re a real web-bug, you must have tonnes of usernames and password to keep track of. Many people attempt to solve this problem by using a universal password for every web service. Experienced tech-gurus will tell you that’s not a good idea. You should never jeopardise security for the sake of convenience. That’s where [...]
January 6, 2010
I’ve been a long-time nay sayer to any sort of online password manager, citing mainly reasons of security, and I took upon myself to maintain a Google Docs spreadsheet with all my >=12 character passwords. Believe me, remembering random strings of ASCII is not an option. I’ve now discovered Mitto and consequently changed my tune [...]
October 13, 2009
For a lot of us Google Chrome is still not hot enough. The reason? It’s still not extendable enough like Firefox. Ever since it came out, users have cried out for ways to tweak the browser to make it the Jack of all trades. The easiest way of course is through add-ons as Firefox calls [...]
July 3, 2009
In this increasingly hostile computer environment, it is essential to have a strong password for everything. Whether it’s email, computer account or online banking, using your cat’s name as a password is a very bad idea. And if you’re afraid of not going remembering it because it’s too long and complicated, I’m going to show [...]
March 3, 2009
I am a big fan of password managers, because I never remember my passwords. The reason I don’t remember them is that I always want them to be very strong passwords that can’t be easily hacked or figured out. Also, I never read Damien’s article, How To Create Strong Passwords That You Can Remember Easily. Some of [...]
February 26, 2009
These days when we pay our bills, manage our bank accounts, store sensitive data in the cloud and frequently buy stuff online you should be more careful about keeping your computer secure then ever before. Below, I would like to share my favorite essential security downloads that have helped me keep my system secure over [...]
January 14, 2009
It’s hard not to find a website these days that doesn’t require some type of registration or login. With every login of course, there is almost always a password. With the password comes with whatever requirements the website has to improve security. So after you’ve registered at your bank, your three credit cards, your Facebook, [...]
November 24, 2008
Last week I had a catastrophic outage of my ADSL connection at home. If you think the word catastrophic is too strong then you don’t have teenage geeks in your house. If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, send me your address, and I’ll forward the kids. C.O.D. Tonight. In any case, after waiting [...]
March 6, 2008
About two years ago I gave up trying to memorize all of my online accounts. I used a “three tier” password system for a while – with a low security, medium security, and high security password for the majority of my accounts. However, this still did not leave me at ease – knowing that if [...]
