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Google has changed policy and will treat any site that requires a user to log in as insecure unless they switch to using SSL. This takes effect after the first of the year. To make sure it doesn't get us delisted, which is the penalty, I have switched the site over to SSL. Until I run a few...

The point of a password is to keep your accounts secure. A bad password, though, doesn’t do that very well. And despite decades’ worth of repeated warnings not to use the same terrible passwords, millions of people still regularly do, even when a system tries to require better ones. So...

In recent days, some Gmail users have been wondering and worrying about new emails popping up in their inboxes with a new unlocked icon. Have no fear. As we mentioned on Tuesday, this is just Google's way of telling you that an email you've received isn't as secure as it should be. SEE ALSO...

As you probably know, formatting a hard drive doesn't completely erase the data on it. You must overwrite the data to securely destroy it, preferably multiple times. Windows 8 let's you do this with the format command and the /p parameter. Now, all you need is Windows 8. (Format H: /P:7) The...