Up until now, I have been showing you how to improve your security and privacy online. Whether it’s making it more difficult for your ISP to sell your data, avoiding being a victim of ransomware… [Read more…]
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How To Remove HP’s Keylogger From Their New Audio Drivers
Sometimes you get a company with a staggeringly bad public relations problem (such as Samsung and their combustible phones). If you thought THAT was bad, and couldn’t be topped, wait for THIS. Hewlett-Packard has inadvertently… [Read more…]
The 5 Best Virtual Private Networks To Preserve Your Privacy
In my never-ending quest to thwart the evil forces of the National Security Agency, I am always trying out new ways to conceal who I am and what I am doing online. I am not… [Read more…]
A Complete Guide To Setting Up Two-Factor Authentication
In my last article, I talked about the need to use two-factor authentication as an additional security step to secure your online accounts. Since I often get questions from people regarding what they see as… [Read more…]
A Complete TrendBlog Guide On How To NOT Get Hacked
It’s impossible to watch the news these days without hearing about hackers breaking into another corporate database, and making off with sensitive user information. It might feel to people that the Internet is becoming the Wild Wild… [Read more…]
How To Encrypt Your Gmail With OpenPGP Without Any Difficult Setup
The Edward Snowden/NSA revelations continue to reverberate around the world, and as a result, many people are beginning to wake up to the simple fact that their online activities are not private in the slightest…. [Read more…]
WhatsApp, Signal, & Telegram Encrypted Apps – Which Is Better?
Ever since WhatsApp announced – or perhaps “overhyped” – its end-to-end encryption for chats, many users continue to ask on forums if it is the safest app around. WhatsApp claims no-one can virtually snoop on private… [Read more…]
How To Add a Lock Feature To Your Windows Bitlocker Encrypted Drives
When you walk away from your Windows PC, who knows who will take advantage of your absence? A suspicious spouse? A dishonest business partner? A nosy friend? If you have an Apple Mac, you can… [Read more…]
10 Ways To Instantly Secure Your WordPress Site From Hackers
WordPress is responsible for running more than 27% of the world’s websites (as of February 2017), and is the platform for many well-known, high-profile sites. So that makes it a number-one target for hackers everywhere. If… [Read more…]
10 Ways To Avoid Falling Victim To Ransomware On Your Computer
Cybercriminals are always coming up with more and more ingenious ways of ripping people off online. One of the latest ones – and perhaps the most invasive and insidious – is ransomware. This is when malware –… [Read more…]