Safe Computing Is Like Safe Sex - Computer Security By Richard Lowe

19 Things to do to Protect Your Phone from Hackers

January 3, 2023 richardlowejr Comments 0 Comment

You know that sinking feeling … when you realize your phone is missing! Do you Protect Your Phone That’s happened to a friend of mine. She panicked. Her life revolved around her phone. She posted pictures to Instagram, texted her friends all day long, and made videos for TikTok. More importantly, her phone stored her personal (very personal) photos, and she used apps to maintain her life including her bank account, credit cards, utilities, and everything else you can imagine….

The Alarming State of Internet Security and Passwords

January 3, 2023 richardlowejr Comments 0 Comment

Internet security is shockingly bad. LastPass Breach Early in 2022, hackers breached LastPass’s defenses. LastPass kept the details pretty close to the vest, but finally announced the attackers succeeded in stealing the password vault. To make matters worse, it turns out that LastPass only encrypts the passwords – the remaining information is in plaintext. This includes URLs, usernames, and so forth. Take note – this is about as close to the worst-case scenario as you can get. The passwords were…

Why Spyware Sucks – There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

September 21, 2018 richardlowejr Comments 0 Comment

That free product that you found on the might seem to be cool and useful. But regardless if it’s your computer or your Smartphone, be cautious because There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. It’s probably spyware.

The Internet Is A Dangerous Environment

September 19, 2018 richardlowejr Comments 1 comment

The Internet is a dangerous place, and children should be protected. The threats to their sanity and well-being are real and cannot be emphasized enough.

Social Engineering is the big danger for security of computers

The Con Game of Social Engineering

September 19, 2018 richardlowejr Comments 0 Comment

Social engineering is the big problem – the elephant in the room – computer security. That’s because people are the weak link, and cause most of the problems.

Identity theft is a real problem to privacy

Identity Theft Can Ruin Your Financial Picture

September 19, 2018 richardlowejr Comments 2 comments

Identity theft is a real problem. Protect yourself by following some simple guidelines. There’s nothing worse than finding someone has been using your identity and ruined your credit.

It seems like we get a lot of spam emails these days

How Spammers Get Your Email Address

September 18, 2018 richardlowejr Comments 1 comment

How do those pesky spammers get your email address anyway? Do they read minds? So they tap into some secret part of the internet?

Livedrive: Back up your data to the cloud

What Everyone Ought To Know About Livedrive

February 13, 2018 richardlowejr Comments 0 Comment

Keep a copy of all of your data, photos, videos (optionally), and files in the cloud in case of disaster using the Livedrive product.

Backup your system automatically by installing Carbonite

LiveDrive Is Essential For Your Success. Read This To Find Out Why

February 13, 2018 richardlowejr Comments 5 comments

It’s inevitable that something will happen that will destroy the data on your computer. Protect yourself by installing Livedrive today. This will automatically back up the data on your computer to the cloud, where it is safe from disaster.