Seven Steps To Secure Your Mac 2017

Secure Your Mac.  Step 1:  Know Thy Enemy The first step to secure your Mac is deciding just how much security it needs. Let’s say you are walking on a sidewalk by a very quiet street. Coming toward you, on a building top, you see a man dressed in black. He seems to be zigging… Continue reading Seven Steps To Secure Your Mac 2017

Using A Virtual Private Network With Your Local Network

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Three months ago, I added the use of a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to my arsenal of online protection (Click the article’s title here to learn more about VPN’s:  Virtual Private Network – Why And How To Use One).  As with most security applications, the more secure your system, the less convenient some of the… Continue reading Using A Virtual Private Network With Your Local Network

Virtual Private Network (VPN) – Why And How To Use One

Surfing the internet is like driving on a freeway. You are cruising along, listening to some music, thinking about anything but the traffic around you. Then, suddenly, the car in front slams on its brakes, and you hit your brakes to avoid hitting that car. In a flash, your car is suddenly hit in the… Continue reading Virtual Private Network (VPN) – Why And How To Use One

Use A VPN To Speedup Netflix on Verizon

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Some History Streaming video takes up bandwidth.  Netflix streams a lot of video, so the company was taking up huge chunks of bandwidth from ISP’s.  By coincidence, it seems that Netflix users found that their experience began to deteriorate….a lot, while other video streaming sources worked fine. Strange.  It seems that Netflix thought so too,… Continue reading Use A VPN To Speedup Netflix on Verizon