Newsletter Archives

• Why Proton means privacy

  Posted on October 7, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  If you want privacy in your email, cloud storage, and other parts of your digital life, then go to Proton’s suite of very secure but easy-to-use services.

  Proton is a Swiss company with a suite of familiar services – email, cloud storage, VPN – but with an important difference: Proton is serious about privacy. Others, such as OneDrive and Dropbox, talk about privacy but aren’t so great in delivering it.

  In this article, I’ll focus on the three important offerings of Proton and its free plans for private encrypted email, secure cloud storage, and properly private VPN.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.41.0, 2024-10-07).

  Microsoft 365 Cloud storage, Email, Email security, Newsletters, Outlook, Outlook (new), Privacy, Proton, Secure Email, Security, VPN

• Store your passwords locally or in the cloud?

  Posted on March 4, 2024 at 02:44 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  Do you create a different username-password combination for every website where you register? This can prevent a data breach at one site from revealing to a hacker how you sign in at other sites. But it almost demands that you install a password-manager app to remember every combo.

  All password managers, however, do not keep your secrets equally secure.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.10.0, 2024-03-04).

  Public Defender Bitwarden, Cloud storage, Dashlane, Database Breaches, Newsletters, Passkeys, Password managers, Passwords

• Is your deleted cloud data really gone?

  Posted on March 9, 2020 at 01:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  LANGALIST

  By Fred Langa

  Most Windows users know that clicking “delete” does not actually erase local files. The same holds true for your data stored in the cloud.

  Those files can remain in remote backups or in online services’ logs for a very long time. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to keep your left-online data protected, even when it’s no longer under your full control. Here’s how.

  Plus: More on the demise of Windows’ screen saver.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.10.0 (2020-03-09).

  LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Cloud storage, Deleted data, encryption

• Microsoft finally got OneDrive right

  Posted on June 17, 2019 at 02:15 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  In typical Microsoft fashion, the company saw a good idea — online file storing, synching, and sharing — and then took a long time to get it right.

  Turning OneDrive into a robust, fully functional app/service was a painful process — especially for users. But today, it’s more than just “right” — it’s actually really, really good!

  Out today in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.22.0.

  Cloud Storage, Windows 10 AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Backup, Cloud storage, OneDrive

• Cloud storage booming, trouble brewing

  Posted on April 26, 2012 at 23:00 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I don’t think people realize that the data they put in the new cloud “drive” storage services can be viewed by employees.

  I also wonder, out loud, what’s the difference between Megaupload and the cloud drives.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Don’t be afraid to comment!

  Windows News Box, Cloud Drive, Cloud storage, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, Megaupload, SkyDrive, SpiderOak, SugarSync