Reviews of OpenID: MyOpenID
on Nov 16, 2009 in passwords personal internet security safety review communications MyOpenID was the first OpenID provider I used.  It's a very simple site, intended for pure authorization purposes rather than social networking.  That's not a bad thing though, as it makes it very simple to use for its purpose.  The fe...

Reviews of OpenID: Your Internet ID (YIID)
on Nov 9, 2009 in social networking personal security safety review communications Admittedly I haven't been using YIID for too long so I can only give a general overview of the main features.  YIID strikes me as your standard modern OpenID provider. Integration of other IDs.  YIID allows you to make an account with a dif...

Yet another reason to clean up
on Nov 7, 2009 in dangers life health Many of us have heard about contaminants in our water supply from pharmaceuticals, but the shock of that, at least where I live, seems to have come and gone and has been largely forgotten. It would appear, however, that we may want to worry about th...

Verisign Personal Identity Portal- Some additional Info:
on Nov 3, 2009 in openid garyinca, the technical director for the Verisign PIP pointed out something worth noting about the Verisign OpenIDs: "Indeed the URL created on our service is a bit long but we have found that a number of our users actually delegate their identity to...

Reviews of OpenID: Verisign Personal Identity Portal
on Nov 2, 2009 in personal internet security review Most avid Internet users have heard of Verisign or at least seen their logo on secure sites.  Verisign provides security certificates to web sites that it reviews and certifies as being secure and is highly reputable and recognised for doing it...

New Bredolab Facebook Virus
on Oct 27, 2009 in virus facebook security safety As of today there is a new virus targeting Facebook users.  Those subscribed to Facebook's Security Page have probably already seen the notification in their news feed. The virus sends an email to Facebook users claiming to be from the Facebook...

Facebook Memorials
on Oct 26, 2009 in social networking personal facebook internet computer communications As the use of social networking grows for both personal and professional use, how to deal with the profile(s) of a deceased person has been slowly making its way into the thoughts of the maintainers of Facebook, among other sites. Given the idea of...

Reviews of OpenID: Chi.mp
on Oct 21, 2009 in social networking personal internet security safety communications Chi.mp is my current OpenID provider and I plan to stick with it as it is extremely full featured and under active development.  The only downside to it is really that it has so many features that it takes a while to learn all of them, but they...

Reviews of OpenID: Introduction
on Oct 19, 2009 in pros and cons internet security safety Over time I've tried various OpenID providers and discovered the good and bad of those that I've tried.  The one thing that I couldn't seem to find with any of them was a decent online review of their features, so I figure I'll share my experien...

Manage your online Reputation:
on Oct 16, 2009 in data personal life internet computer communications A followup to Do You Know Where Your Information Is?  You might also be interested in; The Pros and Cons of Internet Communication  Social Networking- The Good and Bad  The Unspoken Rules of Usernames From Official Google Blog: Manag...