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Q&A: How does Two-Factor Authentication work?

Posted on September 28, 2022

Question from Mary: I’ve been reading your blog for a while and several of your posts recommend using something called Two-Factor Authentication.

How exactly does that work? I’m confused.

And is it really something I need to use? [Read more…]

Warning: Your browser could be compromising your passwords

Posted on September 19, 2022

A new report from the security firm Otto details a very serious data breach situation that’s playing out daily with millions of unsuspecting computer users, and it’s quite possible that you are affected by it.

Otto’s research discovered that both Chrome’s “Enhanced Spellcheck” feature and Microsoft’s popular “Microsoft Editor: Spelling & Grammar Checker” browser extension for Edge capture every bit of data you enter into any web form and transmit it back to Google and Microsoft’s servers. [Read more…]

Q&A: Do you recommend installing new WordPress updates ASAP?

Posted on August 5, 2022

Question from Oliver: I have a question about WordPress, Rick.

How long do you recommend that we wait before installing updates to WordPress and our themes and plugins?

I’ve seen different people make different recommendations.

Some say to install the updates ASAP right after they are released. Others say to wait a week or two to make sure there aren’t any bugs that could crash the blog.

What’s your opinion on this? [Read more…]

How to keep hackers out of your Facebook account

Posted on July 20, 2022

A while back I wrote a post discussing several things you can do to protect your Facebook account from hackers.

That post explains how hackers will try to use phishing attempts and various social engineering techniques to trick you into handing over your Facebook password or the personal info they can use to guess it. [Read more…]

Q&A: Windows is showing my WiFi network as Public. Isn’t that dangerous?

Posted on July 7, 2022

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Question from Kellie: I was messing around with the network settings on my Windows 11 laptop last night.

While I was in there I noticed that my WiFi network is set to “Public” instead of “Private”.

I’ve always heard that public networks are dangerous.

Is that true? And if it is, how can I change it to private? [Read more…]