How does it work? Trading in crypto currencies takes place via a Bitcoin broker. It is not necessary to buy Bitcoins, as there is only speculation on rising or falling prices of the digital currency. Since the BTC price is not subject to the usual stock market fluctuations, this offers both advantages and of course Read More…

Streaming or making use of VPN? Anyone dealing with geo-blockades, anonymity on the Internet and Internet censorship will, over time, come across two technologies that help to remove geo-blockades and improve anonymity on the Internet: VPN and SmartDNS. Certain websites and online services such as Hulu, Netflix, Spotify etc. are only accessible at certain locations Read More…

Recently D-Links was in the News – because private keys for code signing were accidentally publicized. It shows how important it is to ensure that security measures to protect private keys are taken. The Taiwanese networking company known as a manufacturer of wireless routers, network switches, and security cameras, inadvertently released one of its private Read More…

Linux 4.17 provides protection against the processor vulnerability Specter v4 aka Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) – but mostly it is inactive, because it needs microcode updates which Intel still has to release.