If you don’t count hackers, phishers and pirates, most computer users hate passwords. Tech giants have been predicting the death of passwords since 2004 when Bill Gates foretold of their inevitable ...

ATLANTA -- Nowadays, with the world more conscious of security in general, and with real danger from viruses and hackers, it may be time to review the security on your home computer. Nothing you can ...

You probably need to change your password. Computer users who have one of the 10,000 most popular passwords in the United States are at greater risk of being hacked ...

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Internet security firm SplashData has revealed the 25 most common passwords of 2014, and if yours happens to be one of them, change it immediately. The company compiled the data based on 3.3 million ...

Can the government force you to reveal a password to unlock encrypted files on your computer that are known to contain child pornography? Or would doing so constitute a violate your Fifth Amendment ...