Beware Pop-up Survey Scams
Pop-up ads are generally merely annoying, but some can actually pose a threat. Of course, it's the worst that try the hardest to make themselves look legitimate and helpful. You might find yourself faced with one that purports to be a survey of Internet services. And...
Tech Support Is Easier with a Copilot
Sooner or later, everyone needs help for their computer, or has been called upon by someone – parent, child, sibling, co-worker, or friend – to lend technical assistance for some problem too difficult for the other party to solve. Many times, advice must be given from...
Superfish Troubles Continue
The March 2015 Portal just came out. It's all about Superfish, adware preinstalled on certain Lenovo laptops, supposedly to enhance user choices and options while shopping. But the software breaks the basic protections embedded in TLS and the digital certificate...
Is Google Getting Too Big?
Google, the most widely-used search engine on Earth, is involved in much more than noting LOLcat links. It has both gobbled up products and services and come up with its own, ranging from a host of online tools to physical products like Android smartphones and even...
Recent Exploits Bode Ill for the Future
Every week new intrusive exploits by hackers are found across the Internet. Some unsuspecting new institutional victim is revealed to have been penetrated. Lately most have involved major commercial corporations which had personal data stolen, like the recent assault...
Crunch Time for Net Neutrality
On February 26th, the entire fate of the Internet and the future of all humanity will be decided. Or at least, that's the impression one could get from the wild rhetoric swirling around the upcoming possibly-historic decision by the FCC on Net Neutrality. This is the...