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What We Can Learn From Parler’s Meltdown
I won’t bemoan the the right-wing exodus from Twitter, Facebook, and various other social networks over the past few months. (The fewer people sharing messages of support for armed insurrection or coddling Nazis on my social networks, the better.) But the fact that many of of these people fled to the “free speech” social network…
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How Do I Get Into My Email If I’ve Lost My Recovery Codes?
Whenever you get the chance, you should use two-factor authentication to secure your various accounts. That’s a no-brainer. However, I also appreciate services that try to enhance your account security on your behalf ” like, for example, requiring you to input a special one-time code to even reset your password (thwarting anyone who has managed…
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It’s Time to Rethink How You Use Twitter
A gigantic breach of Twitter’s security yesterday caused various high-profile accounts ” from Bill Gates, to Barack Obama, to even the ever-silent Apple ” to tweet out scams and sucker people into sending money to an anonymous BitCoin wallet. There’s nothing you could have done to prevent one of the biggest social media hacks we’ve…
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How To Keep Your Ring Cameras Safe From The Latest Hacks
If you own a Ring camera and you’ve seen headlines like Vice’s “How Hackers Are Breaking Into Ring Cameras,” you’re undoubtedly a bit nervous. Has someone broken into your own home setup? Are they watching you? Your pets? Your kids?