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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Friday, August 26, 2022
• New LastPass hack highlights the dangers of password managers
• Q&A: Is it safe to span two hard drives to make one larger drive?
• How to remotely log out of LinkedIn on all devices at once
• Video: Danny MacAskill’s best amazing bike tricks
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Saturday, April 23, 2022
• Why you might need to replace a perfectly good cell phone
• Warning: Password Managers put your online accounts at risk.
• Q&A: Did I just completely fry my PC?
• Time-lapse video: Southern Lights over Tasmania
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
It’s no secret that being connected to the Internet makes our computers and mobile devices vulnerable to hackers.
Passwords have long been used to protect our online accounts from those threats, but those once-trusted passwords are becoming less effective by the day as hacking methods become increasingly sophisticated.
In short, a simple password that’s just a few characters long offers very little real protection against the sophisticated hacking methods that are being used today. [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, January 9, 2022.
• Two great alternatives to dangerous password managers
• Q&A: Can you turn off Facebook’s voting reminders?
• Q&A: Why can’t my daughter use her own router in her dorm room?
• Q&A: Why did they use to add lead to paint?
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
I’ve written several posts explaining the dangers of using a password manager to store the passwords to all of your online accounts.
Well, new information has recently surfaced that proves just how dangerous password managers really are.
The researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have just published the results of an in-depth study that tested how effective several of the most popular password managers are at protecting your passwords from hackers.
Well, the results are troubling to say the least. [Read more…]