Having the ability to use your laptop or tablet in coffee shops, airports, and hotels can seem convenient—but it can also pose potential security risks with regards to your personal information. Whenever you connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot that isn’t on your own encrypted network, you’re also taking a chance the information you send through […]

You’re likely familiar with customer portals even if you never think of them by that term. What is a portal? Portals are specifically designed, secure websites which often serve as a single source of information. Web portals aggregate information and links so you can have an easier time accessing the web. AOL, Netscape and Yahoo

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Our Annual Meeting is this Saturday, April 30, 2022! Learn more here. Your phone rings and you glance down. The number looks only vaguely familiar but you hesitate and wonder: Could it be important? You answer and it’s a recorded voice demanding a return call about a car warranty you’re sure you don’t have. You

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Did you know? Our Annual Meeting is Saturday, April 30, 2022! Learn more here. Playing it smart We like to think of our homes as places of safety. However, it’s an uncomfortable digital truth that our home networks and just about any smart device can be compromised these days. Whether we’re discussing cameras that are

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You may be asking “What do you mean by ‘manage your internet’? Isn’t that what Blackfoot does?” These are great questions and yes, that’s a big part of our job. You can control your home internet and (WiFi) network, too. And do much more than simply use your out-of-the-box configuration. You can set up your

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Statistically speaking, if you have children, there’s a fair chance they spend more time on the internet than you do—and often they have no idea about the warning signs for dangerous or illegal content, the threat of cyber-bullying, or how identity theft occurs. If you’ve already talked to them about these issues—That’s a great start!

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