May 16, 2020 | Applications, Business, Consumer, Home, Internet, Radio Show, Scalability, Security, Smart Home, Technology, Technology, Wink Smart Home Hub
Wink is Short on Cash: Smart Hub Users Notified Pay Up or Lose Access When businesses get short on cash, they only have a couple of solutions. It happened to a Worcester, MA cable smart home alarm system early this year and has happened recently to another smart-home...
Apr 25, 2020 | Amazon, Amazon, Applications, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, CEO, Consumer, Coronavirus, Corporate Reputation, Covid-19, Deliveries, Family, groceries, Home, Internet, Online, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Resources, Retail, Retail, Sales, Scalability, Shopping, shopping, Technology, Technology, Third - Party
Pandemic Customers Buy but Amazon Can’t Deliver With our shopping abilities deeply curtailed by this forced government self-isolation to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we have turned to those who can supply our needs through online shopping. Turns out that for many...
Oct 12, 2019 | Business, Consumer, Cybercrime, Encryption, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Home, Malware, Nationstates, Networking, Networking, NSA, NSA, Organized Crime, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Technology, VPN, VPN
Popular VPNs Are Vulnerable To Exploit Out of all the topics that my listeners inquire about, none is more prevalent than VPNs and VPN security. Unlike what the advertisements seem to indicate (like Norton VPN advertisements you’ve heard on the radio), a VPN is...
Sep 7, 2019 | Business, Computers, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Home, Malware, Malware, Networking, Networking, Passwords, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Routers, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, WiFi
Security Protections Badly Needed On Routers New testing by Consumer Reports shows important differences in how routers from popular brands handle digital security. Some of the 29 routers we examined this spring and summer build in important safeguards, such as...
Aug 3, 2019 | automation, bluetooth, Home, Infosec, IoT, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Smart Home, Technology
Smart Home Devices Leak Private Information A publicly accessible ElasticSearch cluster owned by Orvibo, a Chinese smart home solutions provider, leaked more than two billion user logs containing sensitive data of customers from countries all over the world....
Jun 22, 2019 | Appliance, Business, Computers, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Tracking, TV, TV, Video
Smart TVs Need Help Too Do you own a Smart TV? There are risks that you should consider before bringing these units into your home. Have you ever considered that it might listen in the conversations going within the walls of your home? It’s All About...