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What's in a name?
Setting an admin account, and being as sneaky as you can The past weeks have been a period of personal mourning for me. Supreme Court...
Sep 30, 20202 min read


Making it up as you go
The answers to security questions should be treated like passwords. In reality, we're a little too open with them. Security questions...
Sep 16, 20202 min read


Somebody's watching me
Last week, federal judge Esther Salas issued this wrenching statement following the murder of her son by a man who came to her home...
Aug 11, 20204 min read


Go Fish!
Fish can be scary as hell. We wrote about phishing back in April, warning you of an explosion of COVID-related scams. As you may...
Jul 28, 20203 min read


Workin' it from home
So, WTF: Some employers now require software that monitors your phone and computer usage; depending on the tool, it takes screenshots or...
Jul 14, 20204 min read


Gone surfin'
Bottle up your bits and bytes when you browse the web A few weeks ago, I was up early, gleefully pounding away at the keyboard, finally...
Jun 30, 20204 min read


About Face
Facial recognition is everywhere. Set limits for yourself & your loved ones. Over the past weeks, Americans have begun to come to terms...
Jun 16, 20203 min read


You don't have to let it linger
The first in a series about setting boundaries with your tech Last week, Arizona sued Google for tracking its users’ movements even when...
Jun 2, 20203 min read


Hook, line and sinker
While our usual social events - sports, political rallies, and concerts - are canceled for the time being, social engineering is going...
Apr 3, 20202 min read


A room of one's own
Using Zoom for video calls? Start using a password. As you've no doubt seen in the news, Zoom-bombing is apparently a thing now....
Apr 1, 20202 min read


Re:routing in the age of Rona
Get your home router under control. We have enough to worry about these days. Some jerk getting you to download malware to your phone or...
Mar 30, 20202 min read


4 steps to securing your networks
How not to be like Trump in the age of the Winter White House ProPublica’s expose of the lax wireless security at Mar-A-Lago, among other...
May 24, 20173 min read


9 Ways to Dodge Trolls: A Woman’s Guide to Digital Security
In late 2014, Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist and culture critic, was the target of death threats.Sarkeesian, who apparently had the gall...
Apr 4, 20174 min read
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