Posts Tagged ‘Privacy’

Keystroke logging, also known as Keylogging, is the process of recording your activities while you are working on your computer. Keylogging is almost always associated with bad intentions. But it is not always so. There are times, when keylogging is useful for watching and controlling the activities of the users. Keyloggers may be specially useful ...

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Keystroke logging (often called keylogging) is the practice of noting (or logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored. There are numerous keylogging methods, ranging from hardware- and software-based to electromagnetic and acoustic ...

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Keyloggers are tools to record the activities of computer users. They are mostly used for the purpose of stealing passwords and private information, but there are some legitimate uses also. For instance, an employer may be wanting to know about how its newly recruited employees are using their office time. ...

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US Flash Drives have made a dramatic change to the way we use, store and carry our data. USB is not restricted to the storage of the data, but virtually every device is now able to connect with the computer through the use of USB ports. If you work on a shared computer, and are concerned about ...

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Password Organizing - The Need of the Hour In this era of Web 2.0, when virtually every website has turned into a membership website you have tens and hundreds of username and passwords to remember. It is humanly impossible to remember each and every password on your own, and in such a situation, people often resort to either creating weak passwords or they tend to repeat ...

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USB Flash Drives have literally put the convenience on the pocket of an average computer user. With the ever increasing capacity to store data and applications, USB Drives are becoming the instant hit today. But the convenience comes at a price and often it is in the form of comprise to the security. ...

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Gmail is probably the most feature rich, advanced and popular-among-the-geeks web based email service. After the long stint in remaining a BETA service, Gmail has recently some out of the BETA status and become a full-fledged service. Gmail is perceived to be the most secured web mail service. Because of its great security features, excellent spam catching ...

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If you forget the password to your web based email services like Gmail, YahooMail or Hotmail, then they ask you a predetermined security question to answer. It is supposed that the answer to that security question will be known to only the legitimate user and thus, he can recover his password. This is a usual practice followed by almost all of the web based emails and ...

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Email Security - The Basic of Your Security and Privacy With the ever increasing use of Emails for the exchange of messages and data, the email security concerns are growing like never before. The three main reasons, why you need a secured way for your email transmission are... Authentication - Email passes through many different computer ...

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Email Security - Do You Really Need Often I tend to think the Internet and PC Security concerns are hyped a lot. Looks like that antivirus and security software developers,  in order to increase their sales, create too much hype about the security threats and lure average computer user to purchase their products. But, time and again I am proved wrong. It is an established fact that ...

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