• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-20-2019
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight review: $100 is cheap if it saves your house from burning down

It plugs into an AC outlet, alerts you to smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and contacts you via an app with a recording of the sound. A few false alarms aside, this security device is a smart buy for any […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-18-2019
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Disney+ ‘hack’ panic stresses why you need to use unique passwords

The scary headlines started popping up almost immediately. “Thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts are already for sale on hacking forums,” ZDNet proclaimed last week. This morning, the BBC followed up with “Disney+ fans without answers after thousands hacked.” Well, I’ve […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-12-2019
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on NordVPN review: A great choice for Netflix fans, but who’s running the show?

NordVPN in brief:
P2P allowed: Yes. Dedicated servers.
Business location: Panama
Number of servers: 3,000+
Number of country locations: 58
Cost: $69 (billed annually)
VPN Protocol: OpenVPN
Data encryption: AES-256-CBC
Data authentication: TLS 1.2 with 2048-bit DH
Handshake encryption: SHA2 – 512
Panama-based NordVPN is a popular choice among VPN […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-11-2019
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Hotspot Shield 2020 review: New owners, fantastic speeds, slightly better privacy

P2P allowed: Yes Business location: United States Number of servers: 3,200+* Number of country locations: 82 Cost: $95.88 per yearVPN protocol: Standard TLS1.2 / DTLS1.2 tunnel using OpenSSL 1.1 libraryData encryption: AES-GCM (128 and 256 bit) and ... Read More