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Do you Trust your Mac to Keep your Personal Info Private?
These days, personal information has become as precious as gold to those who know what to do with it. Some will have more nefarious purposes than others but what they all have in common is the fact that they’ll go to great lengths to obtain your personal information.
Windows 10: Prompt for Password On Wake from Screen Saver?
I have two things I want to change on my Windows 10 computer: first, the screen saver comes up way too fast for me – sometimes when I’m in the middle of reading an email! – and second, when I return from the screen saver, I would like to have it prompt for my password each time. That way I can ensure my wife isn’t poking around in my account.
Secretly capture screen activity while away from your Mac?
We’re not allowed to lock our computers at work and I’m convinced someone checks my Mac when I’m at lunch. Is there any way to secretly capture the screen so I can review what happened at a later date?
How to Pick A Great Password?
Today is actually World Password Day – May 3 – so it’s a great time to talk about how to choose passwords and ensure you have maximal privacy and security on your online accounts. Let’s talk about it…
Does 1.1.1.1 Really Offer Free, Secure DNS?
I’ve been getting increasingly paranoid about privacy and read that even if I’m visiting secure sites, my ISP can log – and sell – my domain data? And that there’s a service called 1.1.1.1 that helps me retain my privacy? What’s the scoop?
What Are Password Managers and Which One Should You Use?
Ya know that feeling when you’ve spent months clicking on a link that automatically signs you in, only to be prompted for a username and password that you barely remember creating? This is something lots of people deal with in today’s online world. Most use lots of different services and it goes without saying that keeping the same username and password across all isn’t a good security practice. That’s why password managers were invented…
Interview with PC Pitstop’s Head of Cybersecurity Dodi Glenn
If you’re still thinking that antivirus software is focused purely on apps that can add a virus or bad program to your computer, you’re way out of date. In fact, modern anti-malware software like PC Matic can help your computer stay free of malicious browser helper objects, browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs, dialers, adware, spyware, infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity threats, and ransomware. That’s a lot of threats. How does it all work? To find out about how whitelisting helps protect a PC, I asked PC Pitstop [makers of PC Matic] head of Cybersecurity Dodi Glenn. Here’s what he shared…