Logging In With A PIN Is Easier Than A Password–And Safer, Too!

Aug 7, 2016 | security, Windows tips, Windows10

Windows 10 allows you to log in with a PIN instead of a password.  In fact, you’re required to set up a PIN before you can set up Windows Hello to log in with a fingerprint or facial recognition. A PIN is four or more numbers, exactly like the PIN for your debit card....

How To Improve Your Password Security

Jun 8, 2016 | Android, Apple, Google, LastPass, Microsoft, security, web_services, Windows10

We’re drowning in passwords. Slowly – slowly! – we are moving out of the Age Of Passwords. Better alternatives exist. Apple has integrated fingerprints deeply into iOS and fingerprint readers are turning up on many Android phones. Microsoft has built Windows Hello...

The Lesson You Need To Learn From The TeamViewer Hack

Jun 5, 2016 | LastPass, remote, security, web_services

Don’t re-use the same password over and over. TeamViewer is in the news this week because of a nasty ongoing security problem. It might not be TeamViewer’s fault, and with luck it won’t affect any of you, my loyal and much-loved readers. But the story illustrates an...

Windows 10 Tip: How To Change The Network Type From Public To Private

Jun 1, 2016 | security, Windows tips, Windows10

Everything is simple once you know how to do it. Here’s a setting that’s been moved to a different place in Windows 10. It’s not necessary to check this setting or change it very often but it drove me crazy that I couldn’t figure out how to make this change easily....

Track Your Credit Cards With LastPass Secure Notes

Apr 24, 2016 | Chrome, LastPass, security, web_services

Let’s set up a system that will help you track your credit cards. It will make life easier if a card has to be replaced – and these days, cards are being replaced all the time after they’re lost or stolen or hacked or just arbitrarily replaced by banks that hate us....

You’re Not Paranoid If They’re Really After You

Apr 17, 2016 | security

Here’s a roundup of some of the latest reasons that you should be absolutely terrified when you sit down at a computer. Wire transfer fraud Businesses have lost more than $2.3 billion in the last couple of years to the wire transfer scam, according to a warning from...