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Google Chrome is the world’s most popular web browser, and it isn’t even close.
There are several very good reasons why Chrome is used by so many people, one of which is the strong security that Google has built into it by default.
But did you know there’s a setting you can change in Chrome that will make your Internet activities even more secure? [Read more…]
The Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is essential for email verification, as it determines which mail servers have permission to send emails for your domain.
However, when companies utilize various third-party services such as customer relationship management systems, marketing applications, or cloud solutions, their SPF records can grow excessively long and surpass DNS lookup limitations. This can result in authentication failures that not only hinder email delivery but also expose your domain to potential misuse by cybercriminals aiming to execute spoofing attacks. [Read more…]
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There was a time when I used to keep every email I received that wasn’t SPAM because I mistakenly thought I might need to pull them up again at some point.
But over time my thinking on that evolved – a lot.
If you tend to hold on to all of your old emails thinking you might need them in the future, here are three reasons why you might want to reconsider: [Read more…]
It seems like there’s a cell phone in virtually every pocket these days, and having one in yours makes it easy to lock down access to many of your online accounts using a method known as Two-Factor Authentication.
The concept behind Two-Factor Authentication is simple, and it’s extremely effective at keeping miscreants from logging into your account.
This is how it works: [Read more…]
Snapchat has quickly become one of the most popular social networking sites on the web thanks to its “disappearing photos” feature, and it is especially popular among teenagers.
If you aren’t familiar with how Snapchat works, it lets you send a photo to a friend that will only remain on his/her screen for a given length of time, then it disappears.
That means you can share potentially embarrassing, or even incriminating photos with your friends with no risk attached, right?
Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. [Read more…]