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• An honest VPN commercial – from somebody who actually knows what he’s talking about

  Posted on November 1st, 2019 at 07:20 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Tom Scott knows whereof he speaks – and he speaks the truth, as best I know it.

  Thx Catalin Cimpanu

  On Security VPN

• Are self-encrypting hard drives secure enough?

  Posted on October 7th, 2019 at 01:00 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  ON SECURITY

  By Susan Bradley

  Microsoft has made a significant change in how its BitLocker encryption tool handles self-encrypting hard drives.

  Apparently, Microsoft doesn’t trust hardware-based drive security — should you?

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.36.0 (2019-10-07).

  On Security AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Bitlocker, Drive security, Self-encrypting hard drives

• Changing my mind about Facebook

  Posted on September 23rd, 2019 at 01:00 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  SECURITY

  Amy Babinchak

  Undoubtedly, you’ve seen the invitation to sign in to a website with your Facebook account. And you ask yourself: “How can that be safe?”

  Using one account sign-in for everything goes against a basic tenet of password security. And you’re trusting Facebook to keep your credentials secure — and not share them. (Sharing is core to Facebook.) And yet you watch as all your friends get hacked and cloned while using conventional sign-ins.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.34.0 (2019-09-23).

  On Security AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Facebook, passwords, Sign-in security

• Options for secure remote access

  Posted on August 26th, 2019 at 01:05 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  ON SECURITY

  By Susan Bradley

  Do you regularly use some form of Microsoft remote-access technology?

  If so, you’re probably wondering how to manage the transition from on-premises to in-the-cloud versions.

  But that’s putting the cart before the horse. It might be tempting to go straight to the cloud, but simply moving the tools you currently use to a cloud-based virtual machine can be the most expensive and least efficient way to change technologies. Before you jump to a cloud solution, you should first assess your actual remote-access needs.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.30.0 (2019-08-26).

  On Security AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Online apps, Remote access, The cloud, Windows Virtual Desktop

• Windows 7: Preparing for an uncertain future

  Posted on July 1st, 2019 at 01:15 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  ON SECURITY

  By Susan Bradley

  By now every Win7 user should know that official support for the venerable OS ends next year.

  The final updates should go out on January 14, 2020 (more MS info) — at least they’ll end for those of us who don’t have deep corporate pockets to pay for extra patches.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.24.0 (2019-07-01).

  On Security, Windows 7 AskWoody Plus Newsletter, safety, security, updates, windows 7