November 16, 2011
Passwords are a first line defense to your privacy and often they are the only one. If you are concerned about your data, you will want this barrier to be high and strong. As has been written many times before, this involves using hard to crack passwords and different ones for each and every account you use. In this article I want to explore some less common ways to password protect your computer.
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November 15, 2011
Protecting your computer with a password should be common practice, especially if many people potentially have physical access to it. Windows provides several levels on which you can set passwords to lock your user account. This article will introduce you to all common options and hopefully one will work for you.
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October 5, 2011
Without a shadow of a doubt, there are some really stupid people online but there are also many more evil people. Those that fall under the "stupid category" are those who have really obvious passwords such as "password" or "123456". But there are also many evil people online whose sole aim is to cause distress and havoc to peoples lives.
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October 4, 2011
Wolfram Alpha terrifies me, in all honesty. It's like SkyNet combined with Google, and we know all about those two things – they will eventually take over the world. However, one of the niftier things that Wolfram Alpha has to offer these days is its ability to generate passwords for all your favorite services. Let's take a gander at just how this works.
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September 22, 2011
The user password on an OS X Lion system is an important bit of information. It is required not only to log in, but also to make important system changes. If you know it, you'll be able to make changes to important system settings, which means any attack against it is a concern. Defence in Depth has discovered an exploit that uses a command line program to retrieve password hashes.
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August 18, 2011
Passwords are inconvenient, but necessary. Many people tend to avoid passwords wherever possible and are happy to use default settings or the same password for all their accounts. This behavior can make your data and your computer vulnerable to malware, hackers, or anyone who wants to play a prank on you.
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July 4, 2011
Even if you’re accustomed to your beloved and convenient commercial password manager, it’s probably not a bad idea to try other ultra secure applications that offer some of the same features and risk less at your expense. If you’re ready for some password manager goodness, read on!
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June 27, 2011
Do you keep your passwords just “lying around” or do you consciously manage them with a password management tool? If you answer in the affirmative to both the questions, it’s time to take a look at Sticky Password. Sticky Password stores and protects all your personal data (e.g. passwords, user names, contacts, phone numbers, etc.). [...]
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June 24, 2011
If you use a different password for every website, how will you ever be able to remember them all? You won't, of course, and that's where a password manager comes in, where you only need to remember one "master password", protecting all other unique passwords. If you've never used one before and the concept seems a bit intimidating, it's very possible RoboForm is what you've been waiting for all along.
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April 28, 2011
Are you ready to step into The Cloud? In this article I will show you how you can become largely independent of local data storage. I will provide an overview of how the Internet can help you sync information across different software, platforms and devices to have your data accessible anytime, anywhere by you or by anyone you choose.
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April 8, 2011
All of us have read a fair share of ‘how do I crack a password’ questions. It’s safe to say that most of them are for nefarious purposes rather than an inquisitive one. Breaching passwords is as common a sport as wild hunting used to be once. So, do you stay on the secure side and put careful thought into your passwords?
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March 24, 2011
With so many cool web tools and services out there, even the most casual of net users will have no less than 5 different kinds of web accounts. From email accounts to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, blogs, chats, backups...the list goes on. It's scary to think that our sensitive data is out there, and the password is the only safety measure that protects our privacy from those hungry prying eyes.
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February 13, 2011
Last week, inspired by a US court case, we asked you all if you would read your partner’s email. It turns out most of you would consider doing so for a good reason. We collected 243 votes and the division was incredibly close: 38% might read their partner’s email; 34% would never read their partner’s [...]
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February 7, 2011
If you are anything like me you need to remember tons of passwords to a multitude of websites. They range from one-time drive-by creations to ones you use all of the time. What is the best way to securely keep track of passwords and other confidential information that you use in your daily web browsing [...]
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December 6, 2010
Are you one of the many people who keeps bank account details or your PIN in your phone thinly disguised as a phone number? Unsurprisingly, thieves know people do this so it’s just not safe. If you need to keep important details on your phone, make sure you keep them secure. SafeWallet is precisely the [...]
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