Not all web sites are secured equally. When it comes to encryption, your big name sites - like banks, credit cards and shopping services - go the extra mile to do everything they can to protect your privacy and sensitive information from hackers. They use HTTPS or HTTP Secure to help do this. This layers a connection over SSL/TLS to give a double layer of security when you visit a ...

Everyone has their browser of choice. Mozilla Firefox has been one of the most used and popular browsers for years. With frequent updates, a penchant for security features and an ever-evolving security prescience, Firefox is one of the best ways to stay secure online. We show you how to optimize Firefox to protect your privacy in less than ten minutes. Firefox preferences First things first, you should ensure Do Not Track is enabled ...

Are you looking for a way to make disposable messages online? We've covered several ways to do this, and we're always looking for new ways to send secure messages online. ReadOnce is another such service, and we'll show you how it works. How to use ReadOnce Head to ReadOnce's web site here. Click "New Message."

Last week, AV-TEST, an independent IT security institute based in Magdeburg Germany ran malware tests on four top search engines, to see which engines provided more malware in search results. The end results are on the graph above - while Yandex and Bing Search did have more websites tested, they also had a lot more malware per search. Both Bing and Yandex have responded to claims their search engines are less secure than Google's own, assuring users they are safe. Microsoft Denies Test Results David Felstead, ...

Vanilla Cookie Manager is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to cookies for specific web sites you trust. Some users looking for anonymity will turn off cookies for everything they do in a browser, for others, utilizing certain cookies helps give them functionality when surfing the web. Vanilla Cookie Manager lets you certain cookies so you can get the functionality you need without giving away data about yourself online. How to use ...

Web of Trust (WOT) is a browser extension that lets you and other users rate web sites for their trustworthiness. WOT is available for Chrome, Firefox and other browsers. The ratings provided by WOT allow you to make a judgment call on a web site or service before truly getting yourself invested in it. We'll show you how to use WOT in Google Chrome. How to get started with WOT You can install WOT

One of the easiest ways to keep your information safe online is to use secure passwords. We've talked about creating strong passwords before at TechNorms, and we like to show our users some of the tools out there that can assist them in password generation. The latest we'd like to show you is for Firefox. PasswordMaker is a simplistic add-on that lets you generate passwords for quick use. PasswordMaker works for people who, ...

Apple’s Safari is a fast, reliable, and good looking browser. And out of the box it’s fairly secure for everyday browsing. But you’re not interested ‘fairly secure’ are you? Otherwise you wouldn’t have clicked on the title. You want to make Safari as safe as you can and I’ll show you how. The first step to making Safari secure is to set it up properly by changing the default settings under Preferences. After you have strengthened Safari’s security settings you can add extra layers ...

SaferChrome is a Google Chrome extension that helps identify insecure password transmissions, enables HTTPs redirect and reports third party site elements. This extension helps determine the safety level of a web site and gives you the choice whether you continue to stay there. We'll show you how to use SaferChrome to help protect yourself online. How to use SaferChrome Head to SaferChrome's extension page at the ...

Flash cookies, also known as Local Shared Objects (LSOs), are a type of Internet cookie utilized by Adobe Flash. Any web site utilizing the Adobe Flash engine is saving flash cookies on your visit. For the majority of users, these flash cookies store information similar to how other sites use just basic cookies to do the same thing. BetterPrivacy for Firefox allows you to manage these types of cookies which are usually ...