Tag Archives : security

The USP of Linux has always been the strong security and stability it offers. Per user/group permissions and ACLs (access control lists) take care of almost all the security needs of a home users as well as an enterprise customer. If there is a need for even more fine grained control, there are various...

Passwords play an important role in any internet user’s experience. After all, it is the most universal way to authenticate a user online. Wether you want to check your email, log-in to a social network, banking or any other website, chances are that you will have to set up an account and verify yourself...

Security is one area where no compromises should be made, be it for a personal computer or a mobile phone. Android developers too, have understood this very well which is why there are a lot of security applications available in the android market (now, Google Play). Among all the alternatives available,...

Most computer users use or carry around some kind of portable hard drive or flash disk these days. Considering how we use our computers, almost all of those portable drives tend to store an alarming amount of sensitive data. Have you ever thought what would happen if you lose the disk and the data gets...

Have you ever pondered upon the consequences of losing your Google login information to a malicious hacker on the Internet? However frightful the thought may be, the truth cannot be denied that users often lose their usernames and passwords and this generally occurs because of users accessing their account...

Facebook is the world’s most popular social network with over 600 million users. 600 million users who post millions of status messages and upload millions of photos to the site every single day. In fact, Facebook is also the biggest online photo sharing site in the world. But, have you ever thought...

How often have you shared your email address publicly and later regretted when you start getting spam? Spam, without a doubt, is a problem which we all face. Many a times we are asked for an email address to sign up for a newsletter or register at a forum and then we usually end up with getting our...

Web browsers have become an integral part of our lives and for a lot of people, a browser is the only way they interact with their computer.  For example, if you’re reading this post, chances are you’re using an Internet browser to read it. While you may not realize, all internet browsers...

Apple likes to claim that Mac OS X is one of the most secure operating systems available. While it may be true that a default install of OS X, is usually more secure than a similar default install of a consumer Linux distribution, it is also true that the average Mac OS X user is far less computer savvy...

If you, like me, are a fan of Twitter, I’m sure you try out a lot of twitter based applications. There are thousands of applications based on the Twitter API with hundreds more being launched everyday. While some of them are pretty useless, there are some gems that once you start using, are difficult...