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Apple Security Flaw | How to Protect Your Devices | Hotspot Shield

On Friday night, February 21, I heard about the Apple security flaw on it’s mobile devices. It seems that their operating system has left it’s iPads, iPhones, and Macs vulnerable to outside attacks/hacks. Hackers have a nice little windows to gain access to these devices and view your personal information when using public Wi-Fi. Things like your email, passwords to your banking site, credit card site, your credit card information used to … [Read more...]

How Safe is Public Wi-Fi ? | Use Hotspot Shield

How Safe is Public WiFi | Get Behind the Shield I am a Hotspot Shield Ambassador. All opinions are my own. My husband and I love to people watch. After a long dinner full of chatter we will sit back, relax, enjoy each other’s company and people watch. I’ve been noticing more and more lately how “connected” people have become. Cell phones, laptops, and tablets... everywhere and anywhere. More and more businesses are offering open free wi-fi as … [Read more...]

Protect Your Phone From Malware | @HotSpotShield

Protect Your Phone From Malware | @HotSpotShield I am a Hotspot Shield Ambassador. All opinions are my own. I’ve noticed a huge trend lately while policing my children’s purchases in the app store. They will search for a specific app, and hundreds will pop up. Innocently they will click on one that looks like the “real deal” and ask me for my password. On closer evaluation of their impending purchase I have noticed “hacks”, “cheats”, and … [Read more...]

Five Way to Combat Cyber Criminals #HotSpotShield

Five Way to Combat Cyber Criminals #HotSpotShield I am a Hotspot Shield Ambassador. All opinions are my own.  The reports of cyber crime lately have been making national news. Things like Target’s breach affected over 110 million people! The hackers lifted not only credit card information, but personal information as well. Neiman Marcus suffered a similar fate recently when cyber criminals lifted credit card information from their databases. … [Read more...]

Internet Password Tips To Keep You Safe #HotSpotShield

Protect Your Privacy While Online I am a Hotspot Shield Ambassador. All opinions are my own. Just the other day my husband and I were complaining about a certain website we were trying to log into. You see, it was prompting us to change our password because it had been a while since we created the one we were using. Didn’t that site know we use the same password for everything? Then it dawned on me... I have been incredibly unsafe when it … [Read more...]

How FREE WiFi Can Be The Enemy | Protect Your Information While Being Mobile

How FREE WiFi Can Be The Enemy | Protect Your Information While Being Mobile I am posting as a Hotspot Shield ambassador. All opinions are my own. Does the scene above look familiar to you? Just the other day I spent several hours at my local Panera trying to focus and catch up on some work. I go there because they are very welcoming when it comes to this sort of thing... electrical outlets all over the place. The food is good and let’s … [Read more...]

10 Internet Safety Tips For Kids

Kids have access to the internet from their various devices: cell phones, laptops, PC, tablets, and more. They go online to do schoolwork, go on social networking sites, and chat with friends. However, kids are often not taught the basics of online safety before using the internet. This can result in them being vulnerable to potential dangers.   You could always opt for a secure internet connection such as Spectrum Internet which comes with a … [Read more...]

Just How Safe IS Web Surfing? #PrivacyIsNoGame

Just How Safe IS Web Surfing? #PrivacyIsNoGame This post is sponsored by F-Secure as part of a Whynotmom.com AllStar campaign. All opinions expressed are my own. If you own a laptop, desktop, tablet or mobile device... you've probably done it before. Web surfing. Whether with a specific task in mind, mindless or just for fun, web surfing is something almost all of us do daily. Most of us aren't even considering things like harmful sites, … [Read more...]