Ring Home Security System

I purchased the "Iris by [b]Lowe's" home do-it-yourself security system in July 2018 for close to $500 only to have [b]Lowe's decide they were killing off that business in March 2019. [b]Lowe's also decided I would only receive a partial refund of $200 by Visa gift card, but this is a gripe for another discussion. …

JideTech Inexpensive Outdoor PTZ Surveillance Camera

I had been looking at getting an outdoor PTZ surveillance camera, but I didn't want to spend hundreds dollars on something like the Amcrest IP2M-853EW. I'm sure this is a very nice camera and the features are impressive, but I simply do not require a PTZ camera so I don't want to spend $290. I …

FBI Wants You to Restart Your Router

The FBI published the following information on May 25, 2018: FOREIGN CYBER ACTORS TARGET HOME AND OFFICE ROUTERS AND NETWORKED DEVICES WORLDWIDE SUMMARY The FBI recommends any owner of small office and home office routers power cycle (reboot) the devices. Foreign cyber actors have compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and other …

Stop Using Yahoo! Email Now

I know people that follow tech are no strangers to the Yahoo! hacks, but the average person may not be aware. If you have been in a Yahoo! news blackout, you need to be aware and stop using Yahoo! email now. On September 22, 2016, cnet reported that the data for 500 million email accounts had …

Filter Ads on Your Network with Pi-hole

I had previously written a post about using a virtual machine to run the ad blocker called Pi-hole, but I found it better to use a Raspberry Pi. Advertisements online can be annoying, slow the loading of web pages (especially on mobile devices), and the worst is when ad servers actually deliver malware. Yes, a …

Opera Web Browser Adds Free VPN (More Like a Proxy Service) & Ad Blocking

The Opera web browser is not one of the most popular browsers, but it is actually quite decent. Don't get me wrong, I will use Chrome or Firefox first, but it is a close third. However, Opera is doing something a bit radical. The developer edition of the Opera web browser now includes free, unlimited …

Be Prepared for Ransomware & Other Threats

Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts your data and demands money before you may decrypt it. This essentially holds your data hostage until you pay a ransom. Most variants of this type of malware uses strong encryption and you will not defeat it. It is either pay or lose your data. Thinking about …