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What’s happening in the Ukraine is an example of the worst that humanity has to offer. Millions of people being displaced, and thousands being killed. Our collective governments are walking a fine line in order to help prevent loss of life there and here. In addition, Ukrainians, prior dodging bo...
03/25/2022
ACTIVERAIN MEMBER BENEFIT - CSI Protection Certification DesignationCSI Protection: Cyber, Social & Identity Protection Certification Designation For ActiveRain MembersWe are so pleased to announce that ActiveRain is hosting Robert Siciliano for 2 Tuesdays during the month of April for his CSI PR...
03/21/2022
Wi-Fi is inherently flawed. Wi-Fi was born convenient, not secure. It is likely that you have heard about how dangerous it is to use an unsecured public Wi-Fi connection, and one reason is because a scammer can easily snoop. It is easier than you might think for a person to hack into your device ...
03/16/2022
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Do you think password managers are safe? You probably do, or at least hope they are if you are using them. Keep in mind, there is no such thing as 100% safe or 100% secure. Password managers, the companies that create host and deploy them, have one job and that is to keep your passwords secure.Fr...
03/03/2022
If you have a Gmail account, you should be concerned. Why? Because there are millions of malicious emails that are sent to users of Gmail every day.Now while Google upsets many people for many reasons, they do a pretty good job at keeping your email account secure. And they provide a number of to...
02/19/2022
A lot of people just want to follow the crowd. You might not be one of them, but you have surely heard of some calling others “sheep” or cattle,” because they want to be led by another. I say it all the time, MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! There isn’t anything inherently wrong with this on the surface. The pro...
02/11/2022
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It can be a real hassle to keep track of the passwords you use. So many people use the same combination of username and password for every account. However, this isn’t a good idea. In fact, it’s terrible. You see, these days, many data breaches could be traced back to people using the same passwo...
02/03/2022
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If you are like many, you are more technically inclined than your parents. So, they might want to rely on you when they have computer issues. But you can alleviate many of these issues by keeping their device running smoothly, and you can do this all remotely. Here’re some tips: Teach Them to Fis...
01/25/2022
Do you think of yourself as a spy and wonder how you can monitor another person’s cell phone? Well, we aren’t going to tell you that here, but we will give you some information about cell phone monitoring:Tracking Cell Phones: The Legal StuffIn most cases, it is not legal to monitor another perso...
01/14/2022
There are many scammers out there, and one of the things they like to do is to create fake sites that are meant to trick people into giving them personal information, commit identity theft or wire fraud or they’re designed to facilitate a P2P payment like Venmo or PayPal or they’re designed to si...
01/06/2022