Please note the view points below are those of Robert Cairns and represent my personal opinion on a major identity theft story that broke on the Best Western hotel in Toronto at College and Jarvis today. Credit should be given to the Toronto Sun for breaking this story. This is deplorable that the The Best…
Category Archives: Security
What Happens In Vegas Does Not Stay In Vegas
Introduction The title of today’s post is inspired by where Blogworld is and the old line “What Happens In Vegas Stays In Vegas”. In today’s world due to technology this is not true anymore. Privacy is king. It is time for you the user to start taking control of your own privacy and stop blaming…
Why You Need A Strong Password Now!
Lately I have heard of people running into more issues online with passwords being cracked or broken into. I have written about the topic of what is called a strong password before and I have talked to my clients about why they should use them. A strong password is basically a password that is hard…
WiFi Security
Today I received a call from a friend of mine today who said their ISP billed them for over usage on their Internet account. I had my friend who was out of town give me remote access to her computer and you may or may not be surprised on what I found. The first problem…
Engaging vs Spam
As many people do know, I spend a lot of time on Twitter. The last time I looked I had over 41,000 tweets. That number is just amazing when you look at it. Spending the time I do on social media, I do realize what engaging is and what spam is. Let’s start of on…
Privacy Online
Lately security online has been all the rage again. I am talking Privacy concerns. Every time I jump on Facebook or Twitter someone is complaining that these sites do not present enough options to secure personal data. They suggest that no one should use these sites because they are insecure. I think we should stop…
Strong Passwords How They Can Help You
Every time I read an article about Cloud Based security, the article always mentions that the security for Cloud applications is not ready for prime time. What these articles forget to mention is the weakest link and that is the end user. Why is the end user the weakest link you might ask? One of…
My Automated Backup Switch
This week I made a change to an application that I use on a daily basis. I thought I would talk about the reasons I made that change and why it was a good change for me to give my readers some insights to the though processes I have when I look at changing online…
Security On Twitter
Lately their have been many issues with Security on Twitter. These have generally come into two forms: 1. Phishing schemes. 2. Password hacking. Spending some time on these two issues will help save some people major issues in the long run. A lot of it is pure common sense and can be applied from other…
