Internet Security, Netbits
By now most Internet users are well aware of the fact that pretty much every step they take on the Internet is logged or monitored. To prevent their IP-addresses from being visible to the rest of the Internet, millions of people have signed up to a VPN service. Using...
Internet Security, Internet Usage, Netbits
What is Tor? Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Why Anonymity...
Internet Security, Netbits
What is encryption? Encryption is a way to enhance the security of a message or file by scrambling the contents so that it can be read only by someone who has the right encryption key to unscramble it. For example, if you purchase something from a website, the...
Internet Security, Internet Usage, Netbits
U.S. banks are switching up the insides of your customers’ credit cards. They’re adding something called EMV technology, which stands for “Europay, MasterCard, and Visa.” Translation: Credit cards will be equipped with a super-small computer chip that’s extremely hard...
Internet Security, Internet Usage, Netbits
Whether you’re secretly searching for a gift for someone who uses your computer, planning a surprise event or just looking at websites you’d prefer to keep to yourself, there are plenty of reasons to want to keep your web history in the shadows. There a...
Internet Security, Netbits
Good ol’ 1234 accounts for about 10 percent of passwords. That’s more than the bottom 4,200 combinations put together. We know people default to bad passwords, whether for their computers or banking PINs. But, we have to stress this here, people are really...