Posts Tagged ‘security’

Phishing is Phutile!

I was in a conversation this week with someone else in the online security space and I happened to mention that I think Tricerion’s Safe Login is pretty darn sweet. He was a proponent of a keyfob token that additionally used a USB chord and a card too. Yikes. That’s too complicated for me. In [...]

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3 reasons online banking is safer than paper

We read stories about phishing and data breaches and we get worried. Some of us start thinking that maybe we’re better off (security-wise) with paper-based banking. Sending checks, receiving statements in the mail, paying bills the old fashioned way – manually with a checkbook and a stamp. But as Jean Chatzky said this morning on [...]

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The Problem with Passwords

Zack Whittaker’s post on whether we still need usernames/passwords is fueling an interesting debate at ZDNet.  The premise is familiar  – everyone is tired of storing their hundreds of passwords in an Excel sheet or a password management app.  Wouldn’t it be nice if all websites would just “join hands” so to speak, and create [...]

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