Adobe announced in December that hackers had found a security flaw in their widely used pdf reader. Read this article from PCWorld Business Center for details of how to protect yourself. It’s not complicated but it is important.

Just a few minutes ago I was thinking about content for a couple of new pages on one of my sites when it occurred to me to ask, “Of the dozens of products and services that I use every week, which do I use most?”

Now I don’t have details statistics but a few moments’ reflection led me to two, so I thought I’d tell my blog readers about them.

Roboform
I guess the most-used has to be Roboform, but actually I’m not highly aware of using it very much at all. That’s because it takes away from me the need to remember and enter passwords into software and sites both on my own computer and online. Its ability to encrypt and store all my passwords and personal data, to enter them automatically into form fields when they’re needed, and then to “press the button” to enter a site (even one that I may not have visited in months) is an enormous time-saver as well as setting my mind at ease about security. If you don’t already use Roboform for password encryption and to autofill forms on your browser then you should look into it now.

Cloak & Tracker
If you take a look at one of the links in the above paragraph you’ll see that it does not look especially like an affiliate link … and yet it is. The link is cloaked (and often shortened considerably), plus when anyone clicks on it my tracker statistics are updated so that I can see where the clicks are coming from. For a long time I used to subscribe to a third-party tracking service, but why pay out monthly when a modest initial outlay can bring one’s tracking in-house? That’s when I turned to Jay Jennings and his “Cloak and Tracker” utility. After more than a year of using it I’ve no plans to change. This easily installed utility also helps protect me against commission thieves.  Take a look at “Cloak and Tracker“ now.

That’s all for today.

Remember:

For encrypted password storage and to autofill forms:  Roboform

To hide affiliate links and track where your visitors come from: Cloak and Tracker

- David Murray -