Dave Keays 
Member since: January 28, 2009
Total live articles: 12
Dave Keays is an independent web programmer specializing in Drupal and the security of Drupal. In addition to web developing He keeps track of trends on the Internet.
Pronounced "fishing", all it means is that someone is fishing for details you wouldn't give them otherwise. How do I respond to this in an email and how about a phone line?
How to respond to scare tactics on the Internet. What is this thing people call scareware? How do you handle it?
A relatively new target on computer security are not computers as we think of them but USB devices like picture frames, MP3 players, and memory sticks.
How is today's economic crisis affecting American superiority and the wild-wild-web?
Early in 2008, a new trend lifted its ugly face in Internet security. Software was released that physically harmed people. Apparently it wasn't satisfying enough to just wipe out their hard disk.
Remember the US Republican VP candidate in 2008? She had problems with online privacy has given many a reason to be paranoid. Many of the standard practices on the Internet today only opens us up to security and privacy woes.
How many sites have important or private information that is protected with a password? If you cut-n-paste your password, your password will be readable and your information will be stealable.
You just finished purchasing something at Barnes and Noble or checking your balance at their web site. What do you do next? Not logging off could be a dangerous move.
There are several questions about the software that tackles the traditional computer virus: which is best? what are signature updates? what about the free ones? should I have more than one? what is email scanning? what is deep-scanning? I'll try to tackle all those questions.
One of the most common dangerous practice on the Internet is clicking on each and every link on a site or in an email message.
Pronounced "fishing", all it means is that someone is fishing for details you wouldn't give them otherwise. How do I respond to this in an email and how about a phone line?
Like its distant cousin, ham radio, Twitter has proven to be useful to society. I've seen it save lives.
A relatively new target on computer security are not computers as we think of them but USB devices like picture frames, MP3 players, and memory sticks.
Early in 2008, a new trend lifted its ugly face in Internet security. Software was released that physically harmed people. Apparently it wasn't satisfying enough to just wipe out their hard disk.
How to respond to scare tactics on the Internet. What is this thing people call scareware? How do you handle it?
There are several questions about the software that tackles the traditional computer virus: which is best? what are signature updates? what about the free ones? should I have more than one? what is email scanning? what is deep-scanning? I'll try to tackle all those questions.
You just finished purchasing something at Barnes and Noble or checking your balance at their web site. What do you do next? Not logging off could be a dangerous move.
Remember the US Republican VP candidate in 2008? She had problems with online privacy has given many a reason to be paranoid. Many of the standard practices on the Internet today only opens us up to security and privacy woes.
How many sites have important or private information that is protected with a password? If you cut-n-paste your password, your password will be readable and your information will be stealable.
How is today's economic crisis affecting American superiority and the wild-wild-web?
Early in 2008, a new trend lifted its ugly face in Internet security. Software was released that physically harmed people. Apparently it wasn't satisfying enough to just wipe out their hard disk.
Like its distant cousin, ham radio, Twitter has proven to be useful to society. I've seen it save lives.
To stay secure on the Internet you need to know how to use the safe options available. In this article I'll be explaining one of those options, SSL or Secure Sockets Layer, and what this means to you. This is really important when you are giving out sensitive information like your SSN or Credit Card number.
One of the most common dangerous practice on the Internet is clicking on each and every link on a site or in an email message.
There are several questions about the software that tackles the traditional computer virus: which is best? what are signature updates? what about the free ones? should I have more than one? what is email scanning? what is deep-scanning? I'll try to tackle all those questions.
You just finished purchasing something at Barnes and Noble or checking your balance at their web site. What do you do next? Not logging off could be a dangerous move.
How many sites have important or private information that is protected with a password? If you cut-n-paste your password, your password will be readable and your information will be stealable.
Remember the US Republican VP candidate in 2008? She had problems with online privacy has given many a reason to be paranoid. Many of the standard practices on the Internet today only opens us up to security and privacy woes.
How is today's economic crisis affecting American superiority and the wild-wild-web?
A relatively new target on computer security are not computers as we think of them but USB devices like picture frames, MP3 players, and memory sticks.
