I hate to admit it, but even I’ve been duped into registering with a company that sells my email address. That’s why I love services like Mailinator, which gives you a temporary email address to use for your registration. Mailinator lets you create new inboxes on the fly, just by putting a keyword in front of @mailinator.com (or any of …
Computer Security Tools: AVG Free, avast!, Spybot and iAntivirus
AVG Free and avast! are usually at the top of the lists of free computer security tools, although they both have moderately priced full versions that are worth the expense. Spybot – Search and Destroy’s free version is completely awesome and unobtrusive and can run side-by‐side with your regular antivirus software. Spybot’s main function is to find and get rid …
Password Managers: PasswordCard and YubiKey
Are you one of those people who just has to keep your password written down? PasswordCard can take that scrap of paper to a whole other level of security with a super secret password system. Both the site and the mobile apps (Android and iOS) generate a complex card with random password characters. To create a password, you simply choose …
LastPass: Password Manager, Form Filler, Password Management
Ok, it’s time to have a serious conversation about your computer security. When 6.5 million passwords were hacked at LinkedIn, we all had a wake up call about our passwords and web habits. One of the most common mistakes we make, besides picking passwords that are too easy, is that we use the same password for multiple sites. And if …
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