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Articles on security / privacy awareness topics

You’ve probably noticed how often AI is mentioned in everyday life. Chatbots claiming a boost in productivity, healthcare apps trying to diagnose medical conditions and security tools with “faster than ever” threat detection. All these AI solutions have one thing in common: They most likely don’t run locally on the average […]

The Hidden Privacy Cost of Cloud-Based AI Assistants

December 22, 2025 in Awareness tagged AI / privacy by DailyCompute

Your password isn’t just a random string of letters. It’s the digital key to your privacy, your online banking and your family photos. Most people, however, treat password hygiene like a chore, not a priority. Good password hygiene takes less time than you think, and it’s the number one way […]

The Simple Upgrade for Better Password Habits

November 9, 2025 in Awareness tagged 2fa / mfa / password / security by DailyCompute

For the last 10+ years I have been using a bunch of Google services in my day to day life, including: However, the thought of my entire online presence relying on a multi-billion dollar company and their good will to not abuse their power has been lingering in the back […]

Your Data, Your Rules: Exiting the Google Ecosystem

March 19, 2025 in Awareness tagged de-google-fying / gmail / google by DailyCompute

In my time as an IT systems administrator, I have seen quite a lot of phishing attempts. I even went as far as trying to bait the people behind these emails into lengthy conversations. In this short guide I want to provide some tips and tricks on how to detect […]

Preventing Email Phishing

January 27, 2023 in Awareness tagged phishing / prevent / prevention / training by DailyCompute

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