As you go about your day logging into various websites in your browser or accessing protected file shares on the network, Windows stealthy works in the background and may or may not store your credentials in various locations within the operating system. These usernames and passwords may end up in...
How to Opt Out of Targeted Online Advertising
If you have spent any time researching a product, you have likely been annoyed to find targeted ads for that product or something similar showing up on pages as you browse the Web. These targeted ads are delivered based on your online activities as well as other factors like race,...
Five Ways to Keep Your Data Safe While Traveling
Traveling with data can be risky these days. There are the bad guys like snoopers on public networks at the airport and pickpockets who want to swipe your phone. And then there are the good guys, like border agents who, in the course of doing their job, may inadvertently force...
Get A Little Extra Security Shopping for the Holidays with Privacy.com
Hackers love the holiday shopping season as much as retailers do. In the first weekend of the 2017 holiday shopping season, malware infections rose 123%. Submitting personal financial information on websites is risky at best. The safest solution would be to have a different credit card for every site or...
Why Rebooting Your Router Fixes So Many Problems (and Why You Have to Wait 10 Seconds)
The internet is down, but you know what to do: unplug your router or modem, wait ten seconds, then plug it back in. It’s second nature at this point, but why does it actually work? And is there some magic to the ten second number? And the even bigger question:...