by Greg Scott | Jun 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was all over the news. Russian hackers are inside home Internet routers across America, spying on us, stealing our identities, meddling with elections, and who knows what else. But don’t worry – just reboot that little box with all the wires connected...
by Greg Scott | May 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
My friend and fellow author, Ann, and her husband found out one day they were identity theft victims because somebody hundreds of miles away filed a USPS change of address form in their name. It’s mind-boggling that in today’s era of massive data breaches...
by Greg Scott | May 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many years ago, I spent hours and hours and hours listening to tapes about success and failure and the power of positive thinking. And they really were tapes. MP3 downloads weren’t invented yet. But despite all that good advice, for which I paid $4.99 per...
by Greg Scott | Apr 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s fitting to post this on April 1. Because I have to wonder if Samsung thinks its customers are fools. The problem started with an update several months ago. After the update, my phone showed this weird lock screen when I woke it up after a battery charge. ...
by Greg Scott | Feb 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Way back in 2005, some friends and I set up a nonprofit named Operation America Cares. We offered free video services for American families connecting with loved ones serving overseas in the military. I have great memories from that period, but by 2010, our...
by Greg Scott | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many bloggers and small businesses build websites using service providers such as WordPress or Wix, and friends and family find them using names like mysite.wixsite.com, or mysite.wordpress.com. This is okay for a hobby. But it doesn’t work for anyone trying...
by Greg Scott | Dec 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
An email came in the other day from the GOP, the United States Republican party. The party I used to respect. It claimed to be a one question survey. The question was, “The president’s job performance has been…” My choices were great, good,...
by Greg Scott | Dec 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
I keep asking myself, why do we still see sensational data breaches almost every week? Are attackers really that much smarter than the good guys? The short answer is, no, they’re not. Attackers win because the good guys do a lousy job of defense. The good guys...
by Greg Scott | Oct 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
The politicians are at it again. This time, US Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, wants tech companies to come up with a concept he calls, “responsible encryption.” I wrote a blog post about government putting its fingers in encryption in early 2016,...
by Greg Scott | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve tried and failed to convince more people than I can remember why they should care about Internet security. Typical responses include eye rolls, yawns, looking at their watch, and taking “important” cell phone calls. Yes, I do notice. As an IT...
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