January, 2010

Test if your browser is uniquely trackable

Test from the EFF. See if your browsers fingerprint is uniquely traceable – without cookies or ip



Why you should use a shielded email address

Here is why you should use a shielded email address when you have to register or sign up with an email. First of all, what’s a shielded email address? It’s an email address that forwards to your main email account. This way you can give a new a different email to each website that requires [...]



If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe

The New York Times has good article on an analysis of all the passwords stolen from RockYou site shows that the most popular password was “12345″, closely followed by “123456″. Of course the rest were similar, “abc123″, “qwerty” and so on. That’s a problem. This shows that most people still use simple passwords, and I’d [...]



80% of social network users concerned with personal information safety

the survey exposed that four out of five (81 percent) people using social networking websites displayed concern with the safety of their personal information online.



If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online

A recent article in the New York Times focus on how the next generation spends “practically every waking minute…using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation.”



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