1. Set a password. Setting a strong password on your phone will keep thieves, borrowers, and anyone not approved to use your phone from accessing your personal information. A good default time for allowing the screen to auto-lock is around 5 minutes of inactivity. 2. Download updates for your phone. You’re probably used to seeing [...]
We all know about Facebook and their public struggles about sharing your private information. Unfortunately, they aren’t the only company under the spotlight. Popular sites like Pandora, Yelp, Netflix, and every Angry Birds are dealing with the same issues. If you are the proud owner of a DROID or iPhone, odds are you are installing [...]
Last weekend someone compromised the database for the Gawker Media family of websites. While they did encrypt the information stored in the database, they unfortunately didn’t do it right. Most encryption methods require something called a salt. Now a salt is like a master key that’s used to encrypt data so that it’s hard for someone to [...]
One of the latest phishing vessels to set sail has been christened “Tabnabbing” by web designer Aza Raskin. Here’s how they catch you: Let’s say you visit an infected website. The malicious agent will wait, biding its time until you open a new tab or minimize your browser window. When you’re not looking your window [...]
Lately I’ve heard people express concern over the safety of the information they provide on the web including social networking sites like Facebook. It’s true that although you may delete these accounts, your information can remain, forever encapsulated on the World Wide Web. Before you establish accounts on the internet, I suggest reading the privacy [...]