There are many different threats on the Internet now and users have to be aware of these threats and find a way to protect their information. One important step in protecting your online accounts is using two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication is typically done using your phone since it is never too far away. But setting up two-factor authentication on your smartphone for all the accounts you have can be confusing and time consuming. But Authy is a new app and service that can make it easier to implement two-factor authentication.
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How to stay Secure on the Internet part 2
The second part of my blog series on staying Secure on the Internet is about something that most people don’t do and that is using two-factor authentication when logging into websites. Most people believe having a secure password is all you need to stay protected online. But that is not true anymore a secure password can be compromised just like an insecure password. Two-factor authentication adds another layer of security and has been put in place for most popular websites like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox.
Crazy cause to my Windows 7 boot problems
So last week I experienced one of the common Windows problems that I hate. When I started my computer up for the day I had the pleasure of Windows stopping in the middle of the boot process. This was not the first time I have had to troubleshoot a Windows boot issue and my luck with fixing them has been zero. So I expected to spend hours and hours working on either doing a startup recovery, system restore or trying to manually fix the bootmgr. Thankfully I did not need to wipe my hard drive and rebuild Windows like I have had to do in the past and the cause was from a pretty unbelievable source.