Privacy on the internet is a hot topic nowadays and rightly so. The more connected our lives have become to the internet the more privacy we have given up. In fact, I think the term internet privacy is kind of an oxymoron. Anything you do or put on the web can go public forever. But Continue Reading »
The last numbers I saw showed that around 20 percent of phishing e-mails and sites fooled their victim into giving up info. That is a big number and that could explain why phishing attacks have only skyrocketed in the last year. So if you manage to discover a phishing website or malware please take the Continue Reading »
Cloudflare has launched a DNS server on April 1st, 2018. They promise their DNS will speed up your internet. The Cloudflare DNS service also promises to wipe all DNS queries logs within 24 hours of being created. The 2 top DNS services today are Google and OpenDNS but this promise of speed and privacy just Continue Reading »
I recently started adding Google’s reCAPTCHA to my sites. So far it has worked out very well! Until reCAPTCHA fighting spam seemed to be a never-ending war. Anyone who has used the internet has encountered it and anyone who runs any kind of internet service or website have loathed it. Not only will spam ruin Continue Reading »
Let’s talk about what makes a password strong. When we think of strong passwords we think of crazy examples like the famous Star Trek password Data used. “One, seven, three, four, six, seven, three, two, one, four, seven, six, Charlie, three, two, seven, eight, nine, seven, seven, seven, six, four, three, Tango, seven, three, two, Continue Reading »
