internet security Archives

Pass on password managers

July 22, 2022July 23, 2022 Tamahere Forum 0 Comments computers, internet security, Matt Bentley, password manager, password security

Password managers, as the name suggests, store and manage your online passwords for the various accounts you have across the internet.

I find them less than satisfactory.

Online trust misplaced

February 24, 2020February 26, 2020 Tamahere Forum 0 Comments Avast, computer, internet security, Matt Bentley, search engine

Who can you trust online?

In a recent expose, Vice, a prominent online lifestyle and technology magazine, showed that antivirus company Avast was collecting and selling all of its free users’ web browsing data to other companies such as Microsoft, Google and many others.

This means that the company had basically unlimited access to information about your online life.