Encryption is the most important tech on the internet
A Police agency is investigating a serious crime. They only find a note. They have no clue what it says. The note is a series of symbols, letters, and numbers. They know it means something ...
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5 questions before upgrading your phone
Spoiler: You probably don’t need an upgrade. Upgrade season is ahead. Google, Apple, and Samsung will be dropping their best devices ever. Of course, they are but you, the average person, wonder if the device ...
Multi-Factor Authentication: Preventing account hacks
Making MFA easy to understand. Two men in ski masks are running towards a solid metal door. As they get to the door, they see a pin pad on the right side. They enter the ...
How a Trojan horse wrecks havoc
Making Trojan horses understandable Everything isn’t how it appears. A huge wooden horse showed up at the gate of the Trojans. The Trojans thought the horse was a peace offering from the Greeks. Little did ...
You’re giving hackers easy access
Explaining password security Your house was broken into. You have 3 safes in your house with 1000’s of dollars. You use the same code for all of the safes. Then you left the code lying ...