When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

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If you’re curious about how to create a secure password, read our in-depth guide covering password security and best practices. As we live in an increasingly online world, having secure passwords for ...

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Using a password manager is one of the top safety practices recommended by security experts. Yet only 39 percent of consumers use one, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey. Instead, many ...

For most of us, the weaknesses in our online security come from big-data breaches or from using passwords that are too short and too common to guard against hackers. But for a rarefied set -- people ...

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