One lesson you never want to learn from experience is how important security is. Maybe important files from your businesses computers were stolen. Or maybe your social media account was hacked into. People are quick to preach the importance of cyber security. But when it comes to residential and commercial security, people aren’t so bold. […]
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Encryption: Easy as abc123
What is encryption anyway and why are millennials so scared? Except for the tech-minded millennials, most millennials who hear the word encryption run for the hills and leap into the comforting arms of their outdated passwords. Encryption is a scary, technical sounding word. Which I think is a shame because you don’t need to be […]
Security Hack Exposed 83 Million Households and Businesses
A security hack at JPMorgan Chase & co is certain to go down in history. Seventy-six million households and seven million businesses had their names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses exposed. The breach is said to have exposed personal information of former account holders and people who entered contact information at the bank’s online and mobile sites as well as […]
Securing Your Home Simply
New home security technologies are complex, intense and expensive. As technology enthusiasts rolled out new security technologies boasting to be more complex than the last one, Canary decided to take a completely different approach. Yes, it is now possible to take a minimalist approach to security while still being, well, secure. Canary condensed the core […]
New Android 5.0 Automatically Encrypts Data
Android 5.0, or ”Lollipop” is being released this month. A cool new feature is it automatically encrypts users data allowing the user exclusive access to their data. This means Google cannot unlock the device even at the request of law enforcement. Previously users were allowed to encrypt their own information on Android devices since 2011. […]