Using someone else's credit card online illegally is identity theft. There's not a lot you can do except report it.

Spammers and internet trolls harvest email addresses via a variety of means. One of the most common is to simply surf the web and look for anything that might look like one.

Blocked from upgrading to Windows 11 by the TPM 2 or CPU requirements? There may be a way.

Fake profiles abound on Facebook, unfortunately. I'll show you how to report them.

Uploading backup images sounds good until you do the math.

Download sites are just too risky these days. Don't use them unless there is no way to avoid them, and even then, be very careful in your selections.

SSH and SFTP Public Key Authentication requires you to create a public/private key pair. We'll look at how to create and then use those keys.

A dictionary attack is a common brute-force way of achieving a hacker's goal. The goal of a dictionary attack could range from compromising your system to sending spam.

Passphrases are just as secure as passwords -- perhaps even more so -- and are easier to remember if needed.

If your backup program writes to a proprietary format, you may not be able to access it decades from now. I'll discuss how to prepare.