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How to send something confidential by email.
How do you send confidential information to someone over the internet, so that only the intended recipient can read it? It’s a simple question, with a simple answer (encrypt it) that is easier said...
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Quick guide to speeding up a laptop
It’s really easy to speed up most laptops. Dramatically. 1. Kill most background programs On Windows 10, press Ctrl + Alt + Del then Task Manager and select the Start-up tab. Disable all...
View ArticleAvoiding spam words in emails
This is good advice – it doesn’t matter how perfect your mail system is from a technical point of view (SPF, DKIM, DMARC and PTR records set up, unsubscribe links, rate limiting and so on), your whole...
View ArticleStable patches for the “Spectre” vulnerabilities
Stable patches for the “Spectre” vulnerabilities are beginning to appear at last. If your computer is only a couple of years old you should check for a BIOS update. They’ll slow down your machine a...
View ArticleDon’t panic about GDPR and make it worse
Customers are asking me whether they need to do anything about the new GDPR regulations. They want me to tell them that either they don’t need to worry because they don’t have a mailing list, or they...
View ArticleSupport for TLS 1.0 encryption ending
Did you know that support for TLS 1.0 encryption (which dates from 1990) ends this month, and Office 2010 doesn’t support anything later? Why does this matter? It matters because there are several...
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Free off-site versioned backups using Duplicacy
The best backups are automated (hence frequent), versioned (so you can recover deleted or hacked files) and off-site (no worries about fire or theft). To set them up you’ll obviously need somewhere to...
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Server backups to OneDrive using Duplicacy
The best backups are automated (hence frequent), versioned (so you can recover deleted or hacked files) and off-site (no worries about disasters). To set them up you’ll obviously need somewhere to...
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Using a QR code to give visitors your Wifi details
I wish more people would do this, it makes access to Wifi much easier: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-QR-Code-to-Share-Your-WiFi-Password Update: If you have a BT HomeHub, the QR code you need is...
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Using a phone to digitise your documents quickly
There’s a useful article on Wired about using your phone to digitise your documents https://www.wired.com/story/phone-declutter-your-home-quarantine-coronavirus/
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