Thinking back 10 years to when I first began my travels, the type of crime I was worried about was being mugged or assaulted. And as a solo traveler, I was also admittedly on edge after having watched the terrifying blockbuster Hostel. But the type of crime that travelers encounter has changed a lot since […]
You probably pay good money for your home WiFi, so you expect that it should always work, right? If your WiFi is sluggish, or if you’re being charged extra for maxing out your data limit, you might think there is an issue with the connection. Well, not so fast…instead, someone could be stealing your internet. […]
Many of us love to shop online, but you could be putting yourself at risk of getting your credit card or even identity stolen. How? Shopping at fake websites. I know what you’re thinking: No way you’d be fooled into shopping at a fake website, right? And yet millions of dollars each year are lost […]
Do you let your kids use YouTube? If you’re like most parents, you probably do—after all, nothing keeps a child content like an iPad and some engaging kiddie videos—but how can you make sure your child is protected and watching content that’s age appropriate? Here’s what you need to know to keep your little ones […]
You’ll likely have heard of the game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, also known as “PUBG.” It’s one of those uber popular online battle games where up to 100 people can parachute down on a random island, find weapons, and then fight each other until there’s only one player left standing. Millions of people love this game, but […]
If you’re like most people, you probably don’t think about cybersecurity enough. In fact, most of us don’t think about it at all until we get a virus or find ourselves as a victim of a scam. The sad truth is that all of us are vulnerable to the whim of a cybercriminal. To protect […]
The way that cybercriminals distribute malware is ever changing, but some things have stayed the same—such as text message scams and phishing emails. The thing is, many people are now getting wise to these attacks, so cybercriminals are having to come up with new, ingenious scams that will fool us into clicking. These newer scams […]
We all know that our computers can get viruses, but what you might not know is that your phone can get a virus too. In this day and age, tablets and smartphones are just as vulnerable to getting a virus as your computer, and if your device becomes infected, it could wreak havoc on your […]
As I’m sure you can imagine, telling my family and friends that I was off on a solo travel adventure was met with considerable concern. A bright-eyed but relatively naive 18-year-old, I was fresh out of high school, and a number of relatives who believed the trip was irresponsible launched a full-scale campaign to stop […]
