Tag: Security

  • Technology – Security Issue Impacting Most Electronic Devices – Meltdown and Spectre

    Computer researchers have recently found out that the main chip in most modern computers—the CPU—has a hardware bug. It’s really a design flaw in the hardware that has been there for years. This is a big deal because it affects almost every computer on networks, including workstation and servers. This hardware bug allows malicious programs…

  • Technology – Encrypted Email

    Proton Mail utilizes a normal username/password authentication along with encryption that can only unencrypted with a passphrase that the user assigns.  This gives two layers of security and prevents an outside organization from forcing the provider to gain access as they do not store the passphrase – the data is encrypted before it reaches their…

  • Technology – Bitcoins – Coinbase in 5 Additional Countries

    From Coinbase – https://www.coinbase.com Today we’re excited to announce support for bitcoin buy and sell functionality in the following 5 countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Norway and Croatia. Users in these countries can now link their bank account via SEPA and easily buy and sell bitcoin with euros.    

  • Technology – Bitcoins

    After much research and reading various reviews, articles, and the positives and negatives, I purchased my first bitcoin.  I decided to use Coinbase – https://www.coinbase.com They are the first US-based exchange and they recently gained approval from 25 states, including New York and California, and have plans to operate in 30 countries After reading this article…