There has been a lot written about whether or not it is ok for parents to control what their children are doing on the Internet. This starts with supervising which websites they are visiting and spending time on. Parental control applied to browsing means several things: Filter the websites which they are allowed to visit […]
Social media websites like Facebook, Instagram and alike are so heavily used because they make it easy for people to share information with others. Many don’t know that sometimes, what they share is shared with the entire user base of the social network, not only with their friends. Even if now the default settings have […]
Hello dear reader, I finally manage to find some time to write the introduction chapter called “Who should read this book”. I also added a new chapter in the “Device Security”, related to Microsoft’s announcement for the end of support of Windows XP. Please help me to spread the word about the book by liking […]
Well, at the first glance, this Myth might actually be true… But… It is never so simple to speak only about cost and effort. Let’s take software development as main example (I am good at that). If you are a company that does something unrelated to software development, such an approach might make more sense. […]
Microsoft will end the support for Windows XP, but the world won’t end because of this. In this article we will analyze what can happen, what you should do to avoid any damages and what you can do to continue to use Windows XP even after the support ends. No more technical […]
In order to ensure that our customers are using the best protection available, we integrated the Avira Protection Cloud in all our premium products (consumer and business) . Avira takes now the next step and offers the best protection available to all its users: real-time scanning of programs with the Avira Protection Cloud. We are […]
The Free Mac Security gets the Update 3 bringing performance improvements together with some stability improvements and additional features. The update comes automatically via the standard product update and it doesn’t require a reboot. Performance improvements We know that the product had some performance issues when the Time Machine or another backup program […]
I started some time ago to write the chapter 7, Online safety for parents. There is so much to write about, that I don’t know where to start. Does anyone have some ideas or thoughts how should I start? Or, what do you expect to find in this chapter? I need some kind of prioritization […]
Following the criticism from the media and security experts, Apple delivered what it promised: a fix to the already famous “goto fail” bug in the SSL implementation in their products. All MacOSX users should update their software accordingly. Make sure you get the 10.9.2 update for MacOSX 10.9 and Security Update 2014-001. Seeing how many fixes […]
Apple released on Friday, February 21st, a software update with version 7.0.6 to fix a security issue in various iOS versions. This security bug allows attackers to act as a man-in-the middle: read and modify the encrypted communication on iPhone, iPad, iPod. The company says it is working also on the fix for OSX. According […]
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