I recently needed to provide some sensitive documents to someone and the quickest method was email. However, I wanted to secure the contents (even just a little) before sending. I was able…
Category: Software
World Password Day
It’s the first Thursday of May and time to update your passwords. For more information about protecting yourself and others online check out https://www.passwordday.org. You can also do yourself a favor and use…
Boxcryptor Encrypts Prior to Sending to the Cloud
I sometimes need to transfer files between computers and tools like Dropbox, SkyDrive and Box are great for this. However, sometimes the files are sensitive and I’d prefer for the file to…
Hackers have gotten brave charging $300 to access your own data
CryptoLocker. Heard of it? Maybe not yet, but you should be taking precautions against it. This tricky little trojan virus will encrypt all the data on your computer and then hold it…
AgileBits Releases 1Password 4
I’ve been using the latest password manager from Agile Bits for a few weeks now and can say that it is very nice. I had a sync bug on my iPhone, but…
Gone are the days of clever passwords
Remember when “password” and “monkey” were the popular passwords for most? Well, I’d like to think we moved on, but we haven’t. We thought we’d get crafty and outsmart those that wanted…