What You Need To Know About Medical Tech Wearable Security
Wearable devices—like smartwatches and fitness trackers—increasingly are being used to monitor health and inform medical care. While they’re undeniably useful, this does bring with it a range of valid security and privacy concerns. Let’s explore some of the big issues with medical wearable technology.The benefits of medical wearablesConsumer medical
Tech You Need for Your Workcation
If you’ve been working remotely from home this past year, you’ve probably wondered if you could take a working vacation or “workcation” and work remotely from, well, anywhere. The good news is you probably can—you just need the right tech to make it happen.I’ve been traveling the world and
Can I Really Stop Robocalls and Spam?
The phone rings. You’ve been waiting to hear back from your doctor’s office, so you pick it up right away and say hello. After a short period of silence, a recording congratulates you on winning a cruise. Unfortunately, it’s just a robocall scam—so you won’t be packing your bags
How To Free Up Space on Your Devices (Without Losing Your Stuff)
In the same way real-life clutter builds up around the house, digital clutter (i.e., space-hogging media files, documents, apps, outdated downloads, unused programs) accumulates on our devices. Not only is it harder to locate individual items on a crowded device, but it can also become more difficult to install
How Do I Know My Devices Are Up-To-Date?
You are right on top of the trends. You have computers, smartphones, tablets, an e-reader, a smartwatch, smart speakers, and a house full of smart home devices. Awesome. But it’s not enough to know you have the latest technology and devices—you also have to make sure they're updated, all
6 Tips for Safe Online Shopping this Holiday Season
Love to shop online? You’re not alone. The pandemic is fueling online shopping sprees as more people turn to the internet for a safer purchasing experience.But as e-commerce explodes, so do online shopping scams. The key is to be smart and take precautions to protect yourself from online shopping
How to Know When You Should Reboot Your Router
We pretty much love our routers because they're quiet, dependable, and don't take much effort to maintain. And then someone will tell you that they reboot their router every day, or every week, or every month. What's that all about? While there’s no one simple answer, we have some
Password Managers: What Are They and How Can They Help
You believe in online security. You know you need to keep your data safe. The challenge is that you need a password for every single account you have online, from your mortgage to your bank account, health insurance to your car loan—not to mention the 50 different sites where
What Kind of Digital Footprint Are You Leaving Behind?
Every single time you go online, you drop bits of information about yourself, and there are a lot of third parties who pick it up and act on it. This is not entirely bad news. Your digital breadcrumbs help you shop online, log onto favorite sites faster, and more
Is Your Data Safe When You Work From Home? 5 Tips to Consider
We’re in a new world of work.Suddenly, our homes—our familiar homes--are our unrecognizable workplaces.This new arrangement opens up security concerns we’ve never thought about, from social interaction and management to information security.Securing corporate information and data itself is a huge job. So big, in fact, that an entire industry