While the terms might be more familiar to fans of old-fashioned cowboy films, “white hat” and “black hat” have found modern relevance in the world of computer hacking.
In the black-and-white cowboy films of yesteryear, the concept of the whit…
If your social media networks are anything like mine, you’ve noticed an uptick in people getting “hacked” lately. Maybe you’ve gotten a weird Facebook message from someone you hadn’t spoken with in a while. Maybe your least tech-y friend is su…
How do you prove that you are who you say you are? That’s the fundamental question underpinning so much of what we do online. Our answers are varied: Passwords. Numerical codes. And, increasingly, biometrics.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is probably one of the best ways to secure your computing environment.
The rise of self-help apps has been a boon for those who seek assistance in dealing with issues in their lives without necessarily needing to share intimate details with others in a more traditional setting. But a new study from Mozilla sugges…
Elon Musk is set to spend billions of dollars to acquire Twitter and control its destiny. And he’s already making promises about how he can create a more open, free, and authenticated Twitter experience.
When Phyllis Weisberg, 90, received a phone call claiming that there was an issue with her computer, she knew she had to do something right away. The person on the other end told her that they could help her — but it would be for a fee. Phy…
We recently carried out research that revealed that more than four in five people (85%) have accepted cookies on a website without reading any of the policies; more than a third (37%) say they’ve done so only to later discover they had agre…
Let’s start this article with a little experiment. When you read the following words, pay attention to the very first image that pops into your head: tech worker. Chances are your brain surfaced a pretty stereotypical, Mark Zuckerberg-type …
The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted basically every aspect of “normal” life. But while things like restaurants closing and mask-wearing were obvious changes, one less obvious shift started happening behind the scenes. We’re talking about data. …