Tor censorship circumvention refers to the set of techniques that let people reach the Tor network when their internet provider or government blocks it. Tor is free software that routes traffic through several volunteer-run relays…
MFA recovery codes are a set of single-use backup passwords that many online services provide when you turn on multifactor authentication. They let you sign in when your usual second step, such as an authenticator…
Keylogging and Password Theft is a threat that many people never see coming, because the tool that captures their typing runs quietly in the background. A keylogger is software or hardware that records each key…
VPN threat protection refers to the security a virtual private network adds to your connection, mainly by encrypting traffic between your device and the VPN server. Many people assume a VPN shields them from every…
VPN server LAN access describes the ability of a remote device, connected through a virtual private network, to reach computers, printers, file shares and other equipment on the local network where the VPN server sits.…
VPN server troubleshooting is the process of finding out why a virtual private network connection fails, slows down or behaves unexpectedly, and then correcting the cause. A VPN, short for virtual private network, creates an…
MFA across multiple devices means using multi-factor authentication on several phones, computers, and tablets without losing access to your accounts. Most people now use more than one device every day, and each one needs to…
Pluggable transport protocols are tools that reshape Tor traffic so it no longer looks like Tor to a network observer. Tor is a privacy network that routes internet connections through several volunteer relays. Some networks…
MFA on iPhone refers to the built-in and app-based ways your phone asks for a second proof of identity when you sign in. Multi-factor authentication requires more than a password, so a stolen password alone…
Rainbow Table Attacks are a method for recovering passwords from stored password hashes by using precomputed lookup tables instead of guessing each password from scratch. Many people have never heard of them, yet they shaped…