Archive for July, 2009

Your Internet data will vanish!

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Sounds like a great program, cant wait to try it out. Another great article from TechRadar.com.
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Self-destructing messages will Vanish

Worried about raunchy late-night chat sessions or emails with credit card details coming back to haunt you?

A new system developed by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle allows digital communications to simply self-destruct after a set period.

The technology, called Vanish, works with e-mail, Facebook posts and chat messages composed in Firefox.

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How secure is your password nowadays?

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Sure, what are the odds that you will be singled out online to have your password hacked. Maybe what you should be more concerned with what the result would be if you did get hacked.
A great article from makeuseof.com
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5 Free Password Generators For Nearly Unhackable Passwords

The only completely secure method to generate passwords is to use an open-source generator stored on your computer, preferably running Linux. But even one of the website generated passwords is considerably more secure than any password you can come up with.

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