What was your first pet’s name? In what city were you born?
We’ve all had to answer these questions to reset a long-forgotten password, but
consider how that works. Much of this information is easy to find for others (or
easily forgotten by you), m
Credential stuffing is a popular type of cyberattack where attackers take login
credentials and use them on thousands of websites, hoping to fraudulently gain
access to people’s accounts. It’s an effective attack, but fortunately, one
that’s easy to
With Skiff abruptly shutting down operations, many people are on the lookout for
alternatives that don’t compromise on privacy — and won’t suddenly disappear.
People were attracted to Skiff because it promised privacy, no ads, end-to-end
encryption,
Skiff is dead. On Feb. 9, the email company Skiff announced it was being bought
by Notion. Many Skiff customers have been shocked by this news, as their inboxes
have been sold out from under them.
Skiff gave people six months to export their data be
Dropbox was the first mainstream cloud storage provider, and still the biggest
player on the market, with 700 million users in 2022. We took a dive into
Dropbox’s privacy policy to see how well the company protects the personal data
of those millions
If you want to leave Google, one of the first things you must do is stop using
its proprietary browser, Chrome, and its built-in password manager. A vital
first step towards leaving Google is downloading your passwords so you can
transition more easi
Ransomware is one of the more common and dangerous forms of cybercrime, but what
is ransomware exactly? In this article we’ll explain how it works, and what you
can do to prevent becoming the victim of a ransomware attack — and how to
recover if you
Your passwords (or more accurately, your usernames and passwords) are the keys
to your digital life. They are the first (and often only) line of defense,
preventing hackers and other bad actors from ransacking your bank accounts and
pillaging your pe
Dropbox was the first mainstream cloud storage service available and has blazed
many trails for the industry. Sadly, it has also made a lot of missteps over the
years, the worst of which was the Dropbox breach of 2012, the biggest the
industry has se
If you’re shopping for a password manager, one prominent product is LastPass.
The company has had a turbulent history, however, which may lead you to wonder,
is LastPass safe?
Based on its poor track record of security problems, the short answer is
Setting up your own private email server puts your email infrastructure under
your control.
This can be great for privacy since it cuts out big email service providers like
Gmail and Microsoft Outlook, which can access and misuse your data. On the o
