As your Google account becomes increasingly important Google have announced a new (optional) technique to secure your account using your mobile or smart phone. Google’s system doesn’t require a physical keycard. Instead, it relies on your mobile phone. First, you need to activate the optional feature from your settings page (again, ... Continue reading 'Google Improves Security With Help From Your Smart Phone'

Gmail has added a feature to help you identify "phishing" - fake emails that pretend to come from places such as your bank or eBay. The new feature verifies the email's source and adds a key icon to it. Currently it only highlights genuine eBay and PayPal emails but Google promise more validated emails soon. Here's how to switch it on. Continue reading 'Gmail Verifies Emails, Adds Key Icon'

This small presentation runs through potential risks of OpenID, its not saying its bad just where the risks lie: Risks With OpenID... Continue reading 'OpenID things to keep in mind'

Here's a great introduction to OpenID: Implications Of OpenID (Google Tech Talk)  Continue reading 'Introduction to OpenID'

After a recent hack attack, Olly over at guvnr.com produced a nice video on how to secure your WordPress blog. "Why secure it, it works just fine?" you say. Well it could be defaced or used to gain access to your server where programs can be installed e.g. to ... Continue reading '[Video] Ten Steps to Secure WordPress'

This person describes how by deleting their old blog on wordpress.com they deleted their OpenID too. This meant that they were then locked-out of other sites that they had authenticated using their wordpress.com username. The lesson here is think twice before deleting an account that you have used to authenticate others ... Continue reading 'Think twice before deleting your OpenID source'