TechByter Worldwide 2017-01-29: Crooks Want Your Google Credentials; Enabling Google's Two-Factor Authentication; Short Circuits; and Spare Parts.

Criminals are buidling more convincing tricks that attempt to get users to revel their login names and passwords and it's easy to be fooled. Google offers 2-factor authentication and if you use any Google services, it's a good idea to take the time needed to set this up. In Short Circuits: A new record was set for the number of data breaches in 2016, but the real record was set in the number of records that were exposed. Sears has an exciting new application that helps you buy ... tires. Well, maybe "exciting" isn't quite the right word, but it is useful. In Spare Parts (only on the website): Better late than never, Facebook finally tries to take on the scourge of fake news and there are efforts to design ways to give remote employees and third parties an easy-to-use method for secure access to corporate resourses.