It seems every other post on social media is asking us to participate in some fun and seemingly innocent game. While this may, MAY, be...

I bang on a lot about passwords. Just check this lot out here (all my previous blog posts on passwords): https://www.ihatemypc.com.au/blo...

A long (long) time ago at my second full-time computer job, I took my personal computer to work. There's a whole other story behind that....

The first thing every visitor wants when they show up is to connect to your Wifi. You'd think they'd say hello, have a chat or maybe...

There's a lot of talk about how to create passwords and how secure they need to be and how they need to be unique and multi-factor...

Every now and then someone has to be cut out of our computer lives for one reason or another. I am not here to judge or probe why. What I...

Originally posted Jan 4, 2018, Revised 21st Oct 2019 | David Moore It isn't a fun subject but none of us escape it. Death. All those...

Originally published January 4, 2018, revised 21st October 2019 | David Moore 2017 was an unusual year for most of us. Need I state the...

Computer and online security in this day and age is quite a complete and scary beast for many people. It is an industry in of itself so I...

My wife works for Gartner and has just been at the annual security summit in Sydney Australia. https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/apa...

I am often asked about whether a computer should be powered down, when not in use, or not. I've even written about it here, which means...

If you are paying someone to set up a new computer and do the migration for you, then you really must have your ducks in a row pertaining...

Whether your child is just about to start school and/or needs a laptop for the the first time, or they've been doing it for ages, you may...

Like most people these days I have hundreds of passwords for all sorts of things. Managing and remembering all of these passwords can be...

This is pretty big and shocking breach. You should actually follow the link below to find out what you need to know if you've ever stayed...

In previous articles I have described ways to protect yourself and your data. Usually protecting yourself means applying a password to...

Every now and then I get asked about setting up a secure email system for a customer. Pretty much every time I have explained the...

Since computing began with alpha-numerics there's been a problem. Certain numbers and letters all look alike. For example, the favourite...

I know what PWNED is but it isn't my thing/generation and the definition and use varies a bit. But, the web site "Have I been PWNED" is...