3.2 BILLIONS emails and passwords leaked online. Is your info safe?

WELI.TECH • March 2, 2021

As stated in an article published by cybernews.com published on February 21, 2021 "[t]his does not appear to be a new breach, but rather the largest compilation of multiple breaches." In other words, some of the information released online was not necessarily new as some of the data released was hacked several years back, but it was compiled in a database where newly stolen information was also added.

Accounts used with Netflix, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo (and more) were affected

Note that many accounts were impacted due to the fact that people often use the same email and password for all their online accounts (Please, don't do that, and if you do, act and use a different email/password combinations for your various accounts.)

Some WELI TECH recommendations

Use a VPN: We recommends WeVPN, but other solutions do a great job too;
Use a password manager: We use 1Password (great for business and families, particularly if you are in the Apple ecosystem), but other options such as LastPass could do the trick;
Use Two-Factor Authentication: This practice requires your username, password, and another way (i.e. authenticator app) to log in your accounts.

How to check if your information was compromised

Why wait to learn if your email was impacted by this data leak? Click on the following link and use the data leak checker: https://cybernews.com/personal-data-leak-check/

Good luck :)

Contact WELI TECH if you have any question about this post. Remember that in this day and age, security and privacy are paramount.

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Time to stop using Google Chrome?

By WELI.TECH • May 12, 2021

Hello Friends! You may have noticed that WELI TECH does not always "jump" on the latest Tech News and Story. Why? Because we want to give a chance for stories to develop. If social media taught us anything it is that reacting too quickly is a great disservice to the actual news. We also want to give time to all parties to present their views. Stop using Google Chrome? What happened? Back in March of 2021, Google was caught red handed. The tech giant was caught stealing your data in Google Chrome (nothing new here) even though you were using Incognito Mode. In addition, when Apple asked developers to disclose what kind of data they were harvesting, Google had to disclose some pretty scary stuff. Scary stuff? Aren't you exaggerating a little bit? Well... You tell us. Location, search history, browsing history, contact info (yours), contacts, user content, identifiers, usage data, financial info... If you are not starting to cringe at this point, you are a lost cause. Of course, you may argue that "everybody does the same," to which we answer a resounding "no, not to the same extent." Why are you piling on Google? Google often tries to equate security and privacy, even though the two ideas are entirely different from one another. Google gets 100 billion plus (with a B) in ads, every year. Google controls the web browser, the search and your data. Do the math. Is Google secure? Yes. Is it private? Heck no! I have nothing to hide. What's the big deal? People going to the bathroom have nothing to hide either (for the most part). That does not mean that you are okay with someone recording audio & video, and analyzing what you dropped in the bowl. Worse: this information is not only used to push ads, it also helps create profile to ensure that you think "the right way." What's the verdict? Google is guilty of all charges. Most of our clients & business partners moved away from the Google ecosystem. We recognize the quality of many of Google's products and services, but their price is too high. When it comes to browsing, we recommend Brave , Firefox , Tor . For searches, Startpage and DuckDuckGo are great options.

Radio Garden: It's not new, but it's a pretty cool way to listen to the radio

By WELI.TECH • March 8, 2021

Radio Garden was developed from 2013 and 2016 by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. This Dutch radio and digital research project was created under the supervision of Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in collaboration with the Transnational Radio Knowledge Platform and five other European universities. It's not new (in 2021) but it's pretty cool.

Using Artificial Intelligence to bring family members back to life

By WELI.TECH • March 5, 2021

MyHeritage's Deep Nostalgia tool now allows you to bring movement to still shots. Using the power of AI, it animates your family photos. Imagine looking at your great-grand father move, smile and blink. It is magic, quite incredible and deeply surprising.