Encryption makes the world less scary, not more. (Or, Why not to weaken encryption.)
Every now and then some politician, leader, or other Person-Who-Hasn’t-Quite-Bothered-Looking-Into-It argues that we would all be safer if we would just weaken encryption. A common argument is that this is necessary so that police can intercept encrypted messages sent between Bad Guys. As […]
What is two-step verification? (And why you should use it.)
And now for something completely different: how to quickly and easily improve the security of your online accounts. (Spoiler alert: use two-step verification.) (The problem with) passwords We commonly use passwords to log on to our various online accounts. That […]
Data breach,Security,Shadow Brokers,Vulnerabilities
The NSA keeps vulnerabilities a secret – and the Shadow Brokers sell them
You can find all kinds of unusual things on the Internet. But last August something… unusually unusual popped up. A group calling themselves the Shadow Brokers announced that they would be auctioning off cyber weapons to the highest bidder. What’s […]
Ransomware, part 2: The “No more ransom” project, and how to protect yourself against ransomware
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t trying to infect your computer with ransomware… Ransomware is an unpleasant and growing phenomenon. It’s a kind of malware that will encrypt the data on your computer and then demand a ransom […]
Encryption,Security,Useful add-ons
Useful browser add-ons, part 2: HTTPS Everywhere
Communication requires a common language, in our case English. For your browser to be able to show you this blog, your browser and the computer this blog is stored on also need a common language. That language is called HTTP […]
Electronic Frontier Foundation, HTTPS Everywhere, Tor Project
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