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12:32 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
For more than a decade now, security experts have had discussions about what's the best way of choosing passwords for online accounts.
There's one camp that argues for password complexity by adding numbers, uppercase letters, and special characters, and then there's the other camp, arguing for password length by making passwords longer.
This week, in its weekly tech advice column known as Tech Tuesday, the FBI Portland office positioned itself on the side of longer passwords.
"Instead of using a short, complex password that is hard to remember, consider using a longer passphrase," the FBI said.
"This involves combining multiple words into a long string of at least 15 characters,"...
11:44 AM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Did you know you can use your iPhone's volume buttons to snap photos? Learning how to get the best angle for a photo on an iPhone can be tricky. Using the iPhone volume buttons can make it easier to take a picture when holding the iPhone at an awkward angle. Here's a quick tip on how to take a photo with your iPhone's volume buttons.
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3:52 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Mac vs. Windows: the debate that’s raged since the 1980s. Whole commercial campaigns were put together around this very concept, claiming one was better than the other.
But what are the true, bias-free differences between Mac computers and Windows ones? Tap or click here to hear Kim’s take on Macs getting more attacks than Windows PCs.
We’ve done our research and we found 10 objective differences between Macs and Windows computers. So what sets them apart? Let’s start with their price tags.
1. What you pay
Price is one of the big differences between Windows PCs and Macs. If the price point is a big consideration for you, you’ll want to pay attention.
PCs come in a variety...
1:47 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
I recently got another letter from a reader that can serve as a great foundation for an article. Our reader asks:
Is not the encryption provided by my browser on the data I exchange with an https: site sufficient to protect the data? My understanding has been that it is. If so, a VPN is not needed for this purpose. Furthermore if so, it's perfectly safe for me to exchange private data (say, account info with my bank or stock broker) over any public, open network.
Of course, VPN's provide several other valuable functions, but as I understand it they do NOT provide any additional security to the actual data exchanged. VPN providers would likely not want to highlight this.
There's a lot to...
