Tech Digest 101

T he internet is a very good place, but it can also be very dangerous, since there are malicious people who may want to steal your data, just for fun or simply to gain some advantage by selling your data, requesting a certain amount to returns them, among several other things that may be of interest to cyber criminals. ADSHERE Detecting that you have suffered an attack can be quite difficult as there are quite a few lay people , that is, you do not understand how dangerous the internet can become. This "innocence" is a full plate for Hacker , because these lay users do not care about creating difficult passwords and are not careful about how low on the web, with this Hackers can have a greater facility in obtaining the data of this type of user. In order to help people, the Mozila Foundation has launched a website, called Firefox Monitor , which informs you if you have a compromised account, this is not a new tool, because it already has Have I Been Pwned that also...

T he Google has a service parental controls , called Family Link , which runs on Android and eventually started to work on Chromebooks , this control was released about a year and only worked in children's phones, but will soon begin to be also used in the devices of adolescents, provided that the same silk the authorization for that control. The Google wants parents to remain involved in the lives of children, even when they become teenagers. Some functions available for controlling children will not be accessible in the teen version, such as changing the password. This control arose mainly because children, more and more, are connected, either by phone or tablet. With this control, parents have access to what the child is doing or where they are, so that the family can be more relaxed and aware of the child's safety.  The Family Link has the ability to recognize up to six voices and detect if it's a child or adult, after this detection treat it optima...

I t is a LAMENTABLE fact that cell phones are the main targets of thieves - and also very easy to leave behind in many places. As we currently have pretty much everything on our Smartphones, having it stolen or misplaced may seem like the end of the world. But here are some preparations you can make before the worst happens, and what to do if it happens. Enable Remote Tracking Whether it's Android or iPhone, your phone has a built-in tool that allows you to monitor it from the web or another device. On Android, it's called Find My Device:  Settings > Security / Location > Enable On iOS, it's called Find My iPhone:  1. Settings > [your name]> iCloud. If you are using iOS 10.2 or earlier, Settings > iCloud. 2. Scroll to the end and tap Find my iPhone. 3. Slide to activate Find my iPhone and Send last location. These tools make it possible to track your device, clean your smartphone, and more. However, in order to have access to these features...