The great thing about adding smart to your home, is that you don't have to commit to huge changes. Subscribing to the ultimate in home security, that lets you watch your dog raid your garbage on a tablet while you're at work is an awesome feature, but it's not the be-all in smart-home technology. There are less intrusive, easily affordable ways to upgrade your home so that your … [Read more...]
Keep Your RFID Secure, and Look Good While Doing So With Beside-U
Thanks to RFID technology, tin foil hats just aren't funny anymore. You thought your neighbour was crazy, but he was actually onto something now that RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) has become a highly popular method for data transfer. And with its ever increasing popularity, there are ever increasing nefarious individuals out there who want to exploit the information … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Keep Yourself Safe While Using Free Wifi Hotspots
So, I'm starting a list of Free WiFi hotspots in Toronto, particularly in downtown, but there will be some locations listed that are much more east or west of Yonge Street. For whatever reason, 4G and LTE data plans are becoming more expensive these days rather than less, and now that I've recently become the proud owner of a few monthly bills completely accessorized with … [Read more...]
Tips to Keeping Your Blog and Online Self Secure
If you're here as part of the Summer Biannual Blogathon Bash for 2013, welcome! (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you can check out the bash here!) I hopefully have three interesting posts for you to view and work with, and some fun mini challenges to boot! You can join in at any time, and if you still need to sign up to try to win one of the amazing prizes … [Read more...]