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With everything rapidly moving online, it is important to protect your information. Don’t let someone steal your identity away. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is the use of more than one level of authentication to prove one’s ...

Since its inception back in 2002, Kodi has undoubtedly grown. So much so, that it has firmly established itself as the first port of call for home streaming fans in search of a one-stop shop for viewing media. Available on a multitude of ...

Dubbed “the world’s most private search engine”, StartPage would seem to fit the bill for anyone who wants a confidential, safe Google alternative. But is this the case, and do the claims made by the StartPage search engine ...

Are you worried about how much data you give away when you surf the web? If you rely on search engines like Google, that fear is entirely reasonable. The world’s biggest search engine has a terrible record when it comes to protecting user ...

Recent years have seen Google’s reputation take a battering, from bowing down to Chinese censors, to losing vast quantities of user data. So many of us are looking around for search alternatives. Yippy might have come up in your quest for ...

There’s no denying it. These days, Google has lost whatever innocence it used to possess. There may have been a time when its motto “Don’t be Evil” rang true. But now, we know more about how the search giant tracks user ...

If you’re searching for an alternative to Google, where should you turn? Most of us have had our doubts about the world’s biggest search engine recently, but switching to another option isn’t as easy as it should be. Numerous ...

Still relatively new to the world of firewalls, Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) don’t simply use IP addresses or ports to allow or block traffic. Instead, they actually analyze the traffic itself and use this data to make decisions ...

When using a domain name system or DNS, you will, at some point, experience a DNS error. But what exactly is this and what causes it in the first place? What is a DNS error? As this is a question on so many people’s minds, we thought to get to ...

We often think of the internet as a web of connected nodes which stretches across the globe, but that’s not how network engineers see things. In their world, the internet is more like a pyramid (or “stack”) than a web – ...

In this article, we break down everything you need to know about DNS servers, from how they work to how you can protect yourself from malware and other security attacks. A DNS server is a server which possesses a database. This database is ...

Some types of internet cookies make browsing the internet better. Others can be harmful to your computer and mobile devices. Learn how to spot the difference and protect yourself from the dangerous ones. The meaning behind internet cookies ...

Port forwarding, also known as port mapping and port tunneling, is a way of accessing private networks, such as your home or business servers and devices from outside. Usually, these resources are behind a gateway (i.e., proxy, router, or ...

Have you ever wanted to host your own web or game server? Once you understand how DNS works, you’ll have learned the first steps to get you on the right track to setting up your very own server! First things first, the acronym DNS stands for ...

Last update: 06.21.2019 Well, you may throw your rock and hide your hand Workin’ in the dark against your fellow man But as sure as God made black and white What’s down in the dark will be brought to the light When it comes to the ...

Last update: 10.07.2019 Back when the internet first came into existence, it was commonly referred to as the information superhighway. The reason for this description was that it provided access to a limitless stream of data. Fast forward to the ...

Last update: 09.06.2019 Cybersecurity is, most simply, any protection used to prevent cyber attacks. In the practical sense, cybersecurity is a combination of technology (hardware and software), processes, and people working together to prevent ...

If you’ve kept up to date with the latest gadgets for home security, entertainment, lighting or kitchen appliances, you’ve probably come across the term “Internet of Things” (IoT). But what is the Internet of Things ...

For most of us, Google is synonymous with internet search engines. When we need to look something up on the internet, our instinct is to immediately head over to Google to perform the search. Google is so synonymous with search engines that we ...