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If you have one New Year’s resolution this year, let it be to get on top of your online security. We all have so much information about us stored online these days – whether it’s financial information, private messages, or family photos stored in online albums. And we all have a part to play to […]
We’ve all been told that we should use websites that encrypt their traffic. We should look for the https:// at the start of the address to make sure the site is secure and give us peace of mind. But what if your company was still monitoring your web use, even though it was secure? If […]
While many online portals are embracing two-factor authentication and other security best practice, our telecoms utility eir seems determined to stop us using good quality passwords. As you can see from the screenshot below, the self-service portal my.eir.ie doesn’t allow users to set passwords longer than 10 characters. The error message on screen also notifies […]
I was looking around for a different web hosting company, and decided to give SiteGround a try, because they seem to have a good quality service at a reasonable price. I signed up for their GrowBig hosting plan that allows you to host multiple domains/sites on one account, and also fully supports the Let's Encrypt […]
It’s interesting that Google had revealed that fewer than 10% of people using Gmail have two-factor authentication active on their account. Most people are relying only on their password to protect themselves! So why should anyone be worried about their email getting hacked? Some people might say that their email doesn’t contain anything of value […]
Inspired by a blog post I was reading recently, I started having a play around with an SSL cert. An SSL cert is what enables a website to encrypt the traffic to and from the end user. This improves security and trust, and I’ve read that it also improves your search rank in Google. The […]
