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Category: Security

Permanently Delete All Data on Your Harddisk

17 November, 2008 (21:39) | Mac, Security, Windows

When you get rid of your computer, how do you get rid of the data on it? How do you make sure that nobody can recover your personal data from it. Formatting the harddisk is not enough. It is still possible to recover files from a formatted disk. The Read Write Web blog has a [...]

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How Strong Is Your Password?

11 November, 2008 (22:59) | Security

The Brute Force Calculator [via gHacks] analyzes your password and tells you how long a brute force attack on it will take. You don’t need to actually give your password out; you just enter how many upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters it has. While the results can’t necessarily be taken [...]

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