Ambrose Bierce once quipped that the telephone “abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.” In a similar manner, social networks are a great way to keep in touch and have fun, but also have the drawback of allowing that special category of “non-friend friends” (ex-partners, irritating co-workers, stalkers etc) […]

In an age where many of us now routinely hop from one Wi-Fi or cellular network to another to stay online, any thoughts of smartphone or tablet security can never be complete without considering protection of these connections amongst the streams of airborne data around us. Unfortunately, it’s quite possible for hackers or thieves with […]

Few sounds are more familiar in the modern office than the plight of the unfortunate individual who has forgotten a password. That audible combination of coffee cup spluttering, muttered obscenities and increasingly loud keyboard tapping seems universally characteristic worldwide. With the dizzying array of accounts most of us access on a daily basis, use of […]