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One password everywhere? Convenient for you, even more convenient for an attacker
A password for email, shopping, social media and banking. If the same one is used across several services, a single leak can open up multiple accounts at once. How do you create strong passwords, why store them in a password manager and when is BOIT's password generator useful? We have put together a practical guide without lectures about mandatory exclamation marks at the end.
Read the articleThe online shop looks trustworthy. But what if it is on a list of risky websites?
A fake shop can have attractive photos, good prices and reviews. Discovering a problem only after paying is too late. That is why we created the BOIT Rizikové E-shopy extension, which alerts you while browsing to domains listed as risky shops. We explain how it works, what it can warn you about and what the upcoming update will bring.
Read the articleAre you chatting with a person on a dating site? Perhaps it is just a profile designed to make money
More than 4,700 fake profiles, at least 25,000 people in conversations and millions of messages over two weeks. Anthropic described a network of dating sites where AI posed as real people. We explain why these profiles are created, how operators and scammers make money from them and why people in Czechia face similar risks.
Read the articleGOG is coming to Linux. But what you keep after buying a game matters more
GOG has confirmed that it is working on Linux support for its Galaxy client. That is welcome news for gamers, but it also raises a broader question: can you really keep and run a digitally purchased game if the store or its servers disappear one day? We explain what DRM-free games offer, why simply having a title in your library is not enough, and what we know so far about the Linux version.
Read the articleQuishing: when a QR code leads to a scam
A QR code on a parking meter or a charity appeal may look trustworthy. But what if a scammer has replaced it? We explain how quishing works, what a website learns about you when you open a link and how to spot the risk before sending details or money. We demonstrate it with real cases from Czechia and the Neskenuj.me tool.
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