Sony Vaio Blues
Anyone tried to backup a laptop lately? Now the proud owner of a new, state of the art laptop, I tried imaging it…dear God, it can’t be this hard, can it?
Category: Security
Ideas on beefing up your home security
USB Encryption Hideously Broken
Hardware encrypted USB sticks have been shown to be easily circumvented, I read recently. So, how safe is your data? Do you even care?
Making the Web safe
Do you want your kids to have completely unrestricted access to the internet? Personally, I wouldn’t want this for my kids – if I had any! However, after being asked to look into the possibilities by someone who does have kids, I discovered all is not as it should be…
Hacking tutorials!
I noticed an article on LifeHacker today: “Top 10 Ways to Access Blocked Stuff on The Web” and thought, ‘this is going to give the Firewall guys a real headache!’
LastPass is (almost) perfect
I have consolidated my relationship with LastPass – finally – becoming (almost) a complete convert. It simplifies password management to the point that life without it, now, would be intolerable.
Kruptos saves the day!
Keeping all my data safe from thieves and vagabonds has been interesting, to say the least, for a number of years now. Generally, TrueCrypt has been the defacto standard for file and folder encryption, for free. However, I have been looking at a new (to me), encryption program called “Kruptos 2”, which solves a problem […]
The great password debate!
At the risk of causing a riot, do you know how many passwords you manage?