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Security: Seat belts, Sunscreen and Smoke Detectors

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Security: Seat belts, Sunscreen and Smoke Detectors

When you first start to dig into the dark realms of computer security, it’s easy to go down a rabbit hole. There are lots of things that could go wrong, at least theoretically. It can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Before you spend a lot

Microsoft: occupy PC? Secure Boot, TPM and Pluton

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Microsoft: occupy PC? Secure Boot, TPM and Pluton

When a general user enables his laptop or desktop, there's often happens a question - is the current OS secure? Or maybe some core files were replaced by hackers and after load your device will open a backdoor to bad people or even _be transformed in part of botnet_?

Maximizing Privacy & Security Settings for Brave and partially Chrome-based Browsers

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Maximizing Privacy & Security Settings for Brave and partially Chrome-based Browsers

Why Brave Despite scandals with affiliate links and leaked Tor domains to public DNS, Brave still develop very cool security features not available in Chrome and Edge, owned by corporate giants with radically different financing. Brave earn money in the crypto business, but all this stuff can be disabled or

Wiping Traces: Best Open Source Tools For Deleting Metadata

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Wiping Traces: Best Open Source Tools For Deleting Metadata

So why? Files often contain personal information. It can be timestamps, GPS location, owner, organization, specific hardware info and more. Removing it will increase user privacy. You maybe don't need it now, but will need it later: the future isn't always predictable. Is metadata bad? Metadata isn't evil 'cause helpful