Tag: security

Protect your privacy: 10 tools that help guard your ID

Inside: encrypted drives, signal-blocking bags, spy cam detectors and more. Some are under $15.

A booby-trapped PDF can take over your computer. Adobe just fixed it. Update now.

Hackers have been exploiting a flaw in Adobe Acrobat Reader since December. Opening a single PDF is all it takes. Here’s the two-minute fix.

5 things making all your tech miserable right now (and how to fix every one)

Your phone, computer, Wi-Fi, battery and sanity all need the same thing: five minutes and this list.

10 easy upgrades to organize your tech life

Inside: Back up your files, ditch cable chaos and save your old memories. Up to 40% off.

Your router has an expiration date, and you probably already missed it

Most Americans are running routers that stopped getting security updates years ago. The FCC just made it a national security issue. Here’s what to do.

Isn’t my browser’s built-in password saver good enough?

Joe in Phoenix uses Google to save his passwords and wants to know why he’d need anything else. Fair question. Here’s the honest answer.

Top 10 home upgrades from Amazon Big Spring Sale: Up to 49% off

Inside: A wireless video doorbell, stronger locks, lights that dance to your music and more sanity-saving finds.

Your email inbox is the skeleton key to your entire life

If someone gets into your email, they own every account you have. Here are the three moves that lock them out for good.

Your phone has an expiration date. Here’s how to find yours.

Right now, over a billion phones are running without security updates, and hackers know it. Your phone is probably fine. But you should check. Takes 30 seconds.

Your printer has been secretly tracking you for 40 years. Here’s the proof hiding on every page you’ve ever printed.

Every color printer puts invisible tracking dots on your pages. The government knows. The manufacturers know. You didn’t. Until now.

Your phone IS tracking what you say. But not how you think. The truth is creepier.

You mention dog food, then see dog food ads. Coincidence? Nope. But your phone’s microphone isn’t the real culprit. What IS happening will make your skin crawl.

Everything you were told about factory resets is wrong. Here’s what’s actually happening to your data.

I used to tell people a factory reset was enough. Handing your old phone to your kid or passing a router to your sister? A reset is fine. You trust those people, and the risk is basically zero. But selling it online? Donating it to a stranger? Trading it in at a carrier store? That’s […]

February’s most loved favorites are still on sale: Up to 80% off

Save on RFID blockers, safer driving and home upgrades everyone’s talking about.

5 genius ways to put your old tech back to work in 2026

Everyone’s curious about DeepSeek but afraid to install Chinese AI on their good computer. That old laptop is your answer. Plus four more ways your “dead” devices earn their keep.

AI can pinpoint your location from a single photo of your lunch. Here’s how to stop it.

A new wave of AI tools analyzes background details in your photos to identify exactly where you are. No GPS data needed. Here’s what to do about it.

Your phone has a hidden map of everywhere you’ve ever been. Here’s how to find it

Your iPhone or Android keeps a secret log of every place you visit, how long you stay and when you were there. It’s turned on by default. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone can see it all.

The number that unlocks your entire life (and it’s not your SSN)

Your phone number is tied to your bank, your email, your health portal and every two-factor code you receive. Criminals can steal it with one phone call. Here’s how to lock it down.

Your password habit is an open door for hackers. Here’s the fix that takes 5 minutes

84% of Americans don’t use a unique password for every account, and hackers are counting on it. Here’s what credential stuffing is, why most password managers are junk and the one I trust with my own logins.

AI can clone your voice in 3 seconds. Here’s how scammers are using it against you.

Voice cloning tools are cheap, easy to use and terrifyingly accurate. Scammers use them to fool families, coworkers and even banks. OpenAI’s CEO says voice authentication is broken.

Criminals are using Zillow to plan break-ins. Here’s how to remove your home in 10 minutes.

An 84-year-old was kidnapped from her home. Retirees in Florida had their sliding glass door shattered at midnight. Two teens dressed as delivery drivers duct-taped a couple in Scottsdale. It all starts the same way: Your address is free online, and Zillow shows them the blueprint.