All posts tagged: Easily

How to easily encrypt files on an Android phone – and the free app I use to do it

How to easily encrypt files on an Android phone – and the free app I use to do it

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Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Encrypting files on Android is easy. You can encrypt and decrypt files with this simple app. OpenKeyChain is free to use and open-source. If you take mobile security seriously (and you should), then you might want to consider file encryption. I’m not talking about saving a file in an encrypted folder to tuck it away from prying eyes.  No. This is all about encrypting files that you can either leave on your device and view when needed or share with others, knowing they can be viewed only by the recipient. Also: The Thunderbird email client finally landed on Android, and it was worth the wait This is made possible by the OpenKeyChain app. This app is all about encryption, and although it makes the process easy, there are some things you’ll need to know before diving in. Let’s do just that. It’s all about keys If you’ve ever used public key encryption on your desktop to securely send a file to someone, you …

These types of breakups tend to coincide with moving on more easily

These types of breakups tend to coincide with moving on more easily

Published by José Betancourt

New research published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy suggests that how a romantic relationship ends plays a role in the subsequent emotional well-being of both partners. Specifically, the study indicates that providing a partner with a sense of understanding and respect during a breakup tends to promote greater positive mood and a sense of feeling alive afterward. These findings provide evidence that the communication strategies used during relationship dissolution can meaningfully shape the emotional recovery process. The end of a romantic relationship commonly brings significant emotional distress, but scientists have rarely examined how people might soften this emotional blow during the breakup conversation itself. During difficult interactions, psychologists recognize that using autonomy-supportive techniques tends to reduce defensiveness and foster understanding. Autonomy support involves acknowledging the other person’s feelings, using non-controlling language, offering meaningful reasons for decisions, and allowing the individual to feel a sense of choice. In a functioning relationship, partners typically share an authentic willingness to maintain their bond and support each other’s needs. A breakup interrupts this mutuality, often placing …

Why Windows Secure Boot can be bypassed so easily (and what Microsoft isn’t telling you)

Why Windows Secure Boot can be bypassed so easily (and what Microsoft isn’t telling you)

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Microsoft uses Secure Boot to safeguard your Windows PC from malware, attacks, and security vulnerabilities before your operating system fully loads. By default, Secure Boot is enabled on Windows PCs to verify that any software running in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is trusted and safe. The UEFI, in simple terms, is the basic firmware that launches to initialize your PC’s hardware and boot your operating system. The built-in Windows security protections aren’t active until the operating system fully boots, and that’s why Secure Boot is tasked with locking down the UEFI before that happens. For more than a decade, Secure Boot did just that. The security tool was never bypassed publicly until late 2022 — beforehand, only researchers managed to identify ways to bypass Secure Boot. Everything changed with the BlackLotus exploit, which involved a UEFI bootkit with a Secure Boot bypass appearing for sale in October 2022. The exploit proved harder to patch than expected. Instead of “cracking” Secure Boot, bypass methods like BlackLotus use older and trusted bootloader versions with known …

Why Small Setbacks Derail Us So Easily

Why Small Setbacks Derail Us So Easily

Published by Jenni Sidey

I often hear the same pattern play out in my counseling office, in relationship ups and downs, in classrooms, in the workplace, and when stepping on a scale. Someone is trying to get healthier, has a night of emotional eating, or a parent loses their patience after a tough day at work, or a child of any age gets a poor grade on a test. When we step back and look at these isolated negative events, they often do not reflect the real picture of how we are doing in life. But within minutes, our minds, wired to always be on the lookout for danger and to react, can really mess us up if we let them. When Overthinking Sets In, We Feel a Desire to Check Out One of the most common traps I see is not the setback itself, but the meaning we attach to it. Our negative thoughts quickly turn into something like “Why bother trying again?” Recently, a very upset college graduate who was rejected for a job said it with …

Cops Accidentally Publicize Password to .4 Million in Crypto, Allowing Thieves to Easily Steal the Money and Run

Cops Accidentally Publicize Password to $4.4 Million in Crypto, Allowing Thieves to Easily Steal the Money and Run

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Cryptocurrencies have long been used by criminals for tax evasion, allowing them to avoid getting dinged by things like capital gains taxes by investing in the digital assets. In the United States, the federal justice system is only starting to crack down on the trend, a game of cat and mouse made difficult by anonymized accounts and transactions. But in an announcement to publicize the results of recent raids on 125 tax evaders, which resulted in the confiscation of around $5.6 million worth of crypto, South Korea’s National Tax Service made a dunce-like mistake. As Bleeping Computer reports, the agency released photos of a Ledger hardware wallet for crypto storage on February 27 — but failed to redact a handwritten note visible in the shots that exposed the accompanying wallet’s recovery or seed phrase. The phrase allows anybody to circumvent the need for the physical Ledger device and initiate transfers. Sure enough, it didn’t take long for an …

Ditching ChatGPT for Claude? How to easily transfer your memories and preferences

Ditching ChatGPT for Claude? How to easily transfer your memories and preferences

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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Claude AI now lets you copy memories from another AI service. The goal is to help you easily switch to Claude. The process uses instructions that you can copy and paste. Many AI tools offer a memory feature that lets them gather and store details about you from your conversations or from what you tell them directly. The purpose is to better personalize your chats based on your background, job, hobbies, and interests. But creating this type of in-depth memory can take a while. Now Anthropic’s Claude AI has cooked up a quick and simple way to tranfer your memories from elsewhere. With the new memory import option, you can transfer memories to Claude from another AI, such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or Microsoft Copilot. The objective is to help you switch to Claude without having to start over with fresh new memories and other preferences. Also: I stopped using ChatGPT for everything: These AI models beat it …

Why some people gain weight more easily on diets high in soybean oil

Why some people gain weight more easily on diets high in soybean oil

Published by Jenni Sidey

A bottle of cooking oil may seem harmless on the kitchen counter. It pours easily, smells neutral, and appears in countless packaged foods. Yet new research suggests that soybean oil, the most widely consumed cooking oil in the United States, may affect bodies in deeper and more personal ways than once believed. Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have uncovered biological clues that help explain why some bodies gain weight more easily on diets high in soybean oil. Their findings reveal that the answer may not lie in willpower or calories alone. Instead, it may come down to how the liver handles certain fats at the molecular level. The study focuses on linoleic acid, a major fat found in soybean oil. This type of fat appears in many processed foods and now makes up a much larger share of the American diet than it did a century ago. While linoleic acid is essential in small amounts, researchers say the modern scale of consumption may push the body into metabolic pathways it never evolved to …

Most Men Get Easily Attached To Women Who Do These 11 Subtle Things In Conversation

Most Men Get Easily Attached To Women Who Do These 11 Subtle Things In Conversation

Published by Jenni Sidey

Attachment doesn’t usually happen because of grand romantic gestures. More often, it forms through repeated, subtle moments that create both emotional safety and interest. Conversation is one of the fastest ways to connect, either deepens or fades. Tone, timing, and presence matter more than rehearsed lines ever could. Feeling seen and emotionally understood increases attachment intensity. When someone feels both accepted and slightly challenged in conversation, the brain tends to register that interaction as meaningful. It’s not about performance. It’s about how a woman makes a man feel when he’s talking. And certain conversational habits tend to strengthen attachment without anyone consciously trying to do so. Most men get easily attached to women who do these 11 subtle things in conversation 1. They ask follow-up questions that show they were really listening DavideAngelini / Shutterstock There’s a big difference between polite nodding and active engagement. When a woman remembers details and circles back to them later, it signals attention. Men often bond when they feel respected and heard. Follow-up questions communicate that what he said …

People Who Seem To Easily Attract True Love Follow These 4 Steps Without Even Realizing It | Kristine Carlson

People Who Seem To Easily Attract True Love Follow These 4 Steps Without Even Realizing It | Kristine Carlson

Published by Jenni Sidey

Are you sick of attracting the wrong people over and over again? Do your relationships start differently but somehow end the same way? If you want to attract true love instead of repeating old patterns, you have to understand why those patterns keep showing up in the first place. People who seem to easily attract real love have learned (often without even realizing it) how to recognize relationship patterns, take responsibility for their choices, and make changes that open the door to something healthier. When you understand what’s been holding you back, you finally create space for the kind of love that actually lasts. People who seem to easily attract true love follow these 4 steps without even realizing it: 1. They pay attention to repeating patterns Everyone still learns new lessons about love, even when they’re in a real love relationship. You’re always learning, but at a certain point in the process, you need to be ready to attract real love. For instance, are you only attracting those who aren’t fully available and neglect …