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security
Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) jumps into action on 25 May 2018. This has a lot of implications for every company in Europe, but also worldwide. And what does it mean for us, owners of a WordPress blog? What… Continue Reading →
Why SSL? Google Search and Google Chrome are making it more and more unattractive to still have an HTTP (insecure) website, and are pushing publishers to go “HTTPS Always & Everywhere“. Offering HTTPS used to require an expensive SSL certificate,… Continue Reading →
UPDATE July 2017: the suspect site I talk about here, has changed their domain name since my post about them and is now instaunfapp.com . And they have implemented https (secure connection). The fact still remains that they ask for… Continue Reading →
I recently discovered that a number of sites of mine were considered unsafe by Google, Firefox, Yandex … The reason was they had detected malware being served to visitors of the site. I checked a bit further and I discovered… Continue Reading →
For those of you with WordPress blogs, does this look familiar? The new Internet Explorer 7 blocks a lot of (Javascript) scripting for security reasons, which means that clicking on “link” in the WordPress editor gives the warning message above…. Continue Reading →
If you’re allergic to acronyms, don’t read on. I’ve reached an all-time TLA/FLA density high in the following article! THE PROBLEM Who knows the passwords you use for your email accounts? Who knows the password you use for your FTP… Continue Reading →
My little niece had been trying for a while now to send me through MSN Messenger a picture called “How a Blonde Eats a Banana”. My reaction was, as any one’s should be: don’t know what she’s sending, nor why,… Continue Reading →