Posts Tagged ‘Security’

Facebook Soon To Allow You To Encrypt Your Connection Via SSL

Gawker.com reports: Facebook finally provided a way to keep any random jerk in the café from hijacking your account. But you have to go out of your way to enable this protection, and you might have to wait. Still: Jump on this. Facebook has at long last offered an option to use the encrypted “HTTPS” protocol, a [...]

Must-have (free) Security App for Android Owners

The app’s interface is incredibly straightforward. Three panels show the modes of protection and their status. If your phone is up-to-date on all fronts, you’ll see green checkmarks for each panel. If there’s something that needs attention, you’ll see a yellow triangle with an exclamation point. First, Lookout offers a mobile anti-virus scanner. Mobile viruses [...]