Last Friday, a bombshell report claimed that a massive leak of the Windows source code had taken place and was now available online. That leak — claimed to be 32TB — would represent an absolutely enormous amount of Windows code, dwarfing the Windows 2000 leak that...
How secure is your data? You know that backups are important. You may already have a local backup to protect against hardware failure. That’s a great beginning, but if you’re not storing your data offsite also, it’s not really safe. Thieves, fire, and natural...
Say good-bye to your internet privacy – not that you ever really had privacy anyway. Since the House of Representatives voted to reverse regulations preventing the sale of your web browsing history, your internet provider is free to sell your data without you...
You can start by understanding there are dark places and dark minds out there, criminals who would hack into your internet devices and steal or corrupt your information. It’s why all emails should be encrypted. But, why would anyone want your stuff? Mike G., a...
Republished from arstechnica. Update your software and OS regularly instead and practice skeptical computing. Former Firefox developer Robert O’Callahan says that antivirus software is terrible, AV vendors are terrible, and that you should uninstall your...
