Firefox bookmarks are accessible for all users of a computer system if one user account is used instead of individual user accounts. This can be a issue if you want to protect data from being seen or accessed by other users. But even if there are multiple user accounts, chance is that some may have [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

The open source software iSafePDF can be used to manipulate existing pdf documents. More precisely, it offers options to add information and security features to pdf documents. The portable application displays a list of tabbed options after it has been launched. The first three offer the manipulation options, the fourth – console – displays a [...]

Categories: Open Source, Software, Windows

No password protection is enabled by default in the email client Mozilla Thunderbird. Anyone with access to the computer system is able to open Thunderbird, read the emails and look at contacts and other information stored in the software. This lack of protection could be a problem if multiple users are using the computer or [...]

Categories: Email

Encryption is the only way to go if you are serious about protecting data from unauthorized access. Programs like True Crypt or Microsoft’s Bitlocker ensure that data is protected by a secure algorithm so that it can only be accessed by the user who knows the password to unlock the data. But sometimes these programs [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

If you do not want that your kids are running the latest ID software blockbuster, that someone snoops around in your email client or that someone destroys your perfect win streak in Solitaire you might want to consider using a software like Empathy which can password protect any executable file. Empathy is a portable application [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows