5 things to do before Google’s data cap hits on June 1
The time has come and the free ride is over. As of Tuesday June 1, 2021 your Gmail messages, Google Drive files, and Google Photos will count against a hard cloud storage […]
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Dropbox wants your photos in the wake of Google’s data cap
Dropbox said Tuesday that the company has beefed up its password management mechanisms even more, while bringing photo upload capabilities into its basic tier. Dropbox also announced some general UI changes, as […]
5 free privacy tools for protecting your personal data
Ideally, protecting your privacy shouldn’t require hours of time or gobs of money. Instead of having to meticulously manage all the personal data that’s floating around on the internet, you should be […]
Meet Sdelete, the obscure Microsoft tool that wipes data for good
When you delete a file from your computer, it’s not really gone. In fact, it can often be recovered with the right tools. That’s where Sdelete comes in. Sdelete is short for […]
This Windows 11 encryption bug may cause data damage
Microsoft is warning that Windows 11 is subject to a bug that can cause data damage under certain specialized conditions, including writing data to encrypted drives using BitLocker. Unfortunately, the fix is […]
Microsoft is going to clamp down on your OneDrive data cap
Microsoft is placing additional limits on the amount of data you can store in OneDrive, beginning in February of next year, and removing a significant anonymity feature shortly thereafter. According to an […]
Windows spyware from North Korea steals data from your phone
Information security usually focuses on a single device, at least as far as consumers are concerned. But in an increasingly connected world, it might be worth re-examining that approach. Case in point: […]
Used routers are leaking sensitive data. Don’t make the same mistake
A report from ESET this week highlighted a surprising fact: Businesses selling old network equipment sometimes fail to wipe them of private data, leaving corporate IT secrets out and open in the […]
Western Digital hacked: Your deeply personal data might be stolen
If you haven’t heard, Western Digital had a pretty serious security breach in March of this year. How serious? Serious enough that the company manually suspended its My Cloud service for over […]
Google Maps: This free tool shows a heat map of your location data
Android smartphones and tablets, but also iPhones and iPads with Google Maps, constantly send their location data to Google servers, unless you’ve turned this off in your privacy settings. Google Maps uses […]
