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Security Gladiators features how-to guides on a number of online security topics. These security tips and tools will enable you to protect yourself from phishing, hacking, spyware, malware and all other emerging cybersecurity threats.

How to Encrypt Your Email on Android, iOS, Outlook, macOS and Web-Based Email Clients

As the concern for online security and privacy grows, more and more people are looking for ways to keep themselves and their data safe. Often the focus is on protecting private data like login credentials and personal information, but protecting email content is just as important. Keeping the content of your emails protected keeps you …

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How to Know If Your Employer Has Installed Spyware on Your Machine

In the modern world where nearly everything work-related is computerized, it’s no secret that some employers and their IT departments go to extreme lengths to monitor their employees’ activities on company-owned equipment. The unfortunate truth is that it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to make any changes to your employer’s policies, but that doesn’t mean …

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Is Putlocker safe? Not unless you do this

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When it comes to online streaming, Putlocker is amongst the most popular sites for a lot of online consumers.  However, the real question that needs an answer is: Is Putlocker Safe?  Can you just log in to Putlocker and start watching stuff without having to worry about legal issues?  Well, the short answer is yes. …

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How to make your PC or Laptop significantly faster on Windows 7, 8 and 10

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It doesn’t matter if you feel like your laptop or desktop machine has become slow all of a sudden or gradually over a long period of time, making an effort to work on a machine that is slow is excruciatingly frustrating.  And yes, even those online consumers who diligently maintain their PC or laptop can …

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Top reasons why you may or may not want to use a VPN for Sports streaming

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If you sat down and tried to count the number of things that move online consumers like sports, you could probably do it with a single hand.  That’s how potent sports is when it comes to making people feel a part of something and lifting their spirits (at least when the team wins).  On the …

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Top reasons you should NOT store passwords in your web browser

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My password is 123456789.  Yes.  Because no matter how much security researchers try to warn us, there is simply always going to be online consumers who just don’t care and still use a password that is guaranteed to get hacked.  Now, even though the above-mentioned password is not going to protect any of your accounts, …

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How to avoid and protect against medical identity theft

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There is no doubt about the fact that the vast majority of cases involving data breaches happen because healthcare companies mess up.  No one should blame the customer in this case.  However, just because customers are free from blame doesn’t mean that they can’t do something about it to prepare for the worse.  Yes.  We …

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