by The Same Day Computer Team | May 11, 2018 | Technology, Uncategorized
Over the past months, Twitter has had a prototype of an encrypted messaging system. It recently showed up on the Android phones, allowing them to have ‘secret’ conversations. Up until now, the direct messaging, or DM, on Twitter hasn’t been encoded which means that...
by The Same Day Computer Team | May 10, 2018 | Technology, Uncategorized
In March Equifax stated that 148 million had been affected by the breach in July 2017, see our March blog. This is the breakdown that was released May 7th: Social Security numbers – 145.5 million Addresses – 99 million Gender – 27.3 million Phone...
by The Same Day Computer Team | May 8, 2018 | Technology, Uncategorized
Online banking is super convenient, especially after 5 or on a Sunday! Just as a refresher, here are a few tips if you use online banking: 1: Make sure to use an encrypted website starting with HTTPS. Example: https://www.banknh.com/ 2: Public wi-fi is not secure...
by The Same Day Computer Team | May 4, 2018 | Spyware, Technology
Like most other malware, this particular one comes in the form of a phishing email with an attachment! Beware of the following subject line in any email – even if you ‘know’ the sender: Document #<NUMBERS> Invoice #<NUMBERS> Order #<NUMBERS> Payment...
by The Same Day Computer Team | May 3, 2018 | Technology, Uncategorized
In our last newsletter we talked about Facebook and the data leak caused by ‘This is Your Digital Life’ quizzes. The same man behind those quizzes, Dr. Aleksandr Kogan, owns Global Science Research (GSR) and paid Twitter for access for one day in 2015 to...
by The Same Day Computer Team | May 2, 2018 | Technology, Uncategorized
The latest Creator’s Updates is out and it’s got some new features that may prove very helpful! Microsoft has created a program called Timeline that will make it easy to work on, say a paper, on your work computer and then go home and pick up right where you left off...