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Email Subaddressing: A Simple Way to Trace Who Leaked Your Email

Email Subaddressing: A Simple Way to Trace Who Leaked Your Email

If you care about data privacy, GDPR compliance, or simply reducing spam, email subaddressing is one of the most underrated tools available — and it costs nothing. I use a structured format for every website I sign up to: name+yyyy-mm-dd-website@gmail.com For example: iqbal+2026-02-
Bal 24 Feb 2026
AI Isn’t Replacing Software Engineers - It’s Making Them Better

AI Isn’t Replacing Software Engineers - It’s Making Them Better

Not long ago, I wrote about the growing concern that AI might replace software developers. At the time, the fear felt justified. Headlines were loud, demos were impressive, and there was a real sense that large language models could automate significant parts of software development. Fast forward to today, and
Bal 07 Feb 2026
Part 3 - Cybersecurity for Everyone: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) - Your Second Line of Defence

Part 3 - Cybersecurity for Everyone: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) - Your Second Line of Defence

If a password is the key to your online accounts, two-factor authentication (2FA) is the second lock on the door. Passwords are still important, but on their own they are no longer enough. Data breaches happen regularly, and passwords are often reused across multiple websites. When that happens, attackers
Bal 07 Feb 2026
Part 2 - Cybersecurity for Everyone: Secure Passwords and Why They Matter More Than You Think

Part 2 - Cybersecurity for Everyone: Secure Passwords and Why They Matter More Than You Think

If there is one thing that protects almost everything you do online, it is your password. Your email, social media, online shopping, banking, work accounts, and even your smart devices all rely on passwords. Yet passwords are also one of the most common ways attackers gain access to accounts. In
Bal 14 Dec 2025
Part 1 - Cybersecurity for Everyone: Why Staying Safe Online Matters

Part 1 - Cybersecurity for Everyone: Why Staying Safe Online Matters

Most people don’t think about cybersecurity until something goes wrong - an account gets hacked, money goes missing, or a strange message appears from a friend asking for money. The truth is: online security affects everyone, not just people who work in IT. If you use a phone, email, social
Bal 04 Dec 2025
Smart Homes with Home Assistant - and Why I’m Building a Better Way to See It All

Smart Homes with Home Assistant - and Why I’m Building a Better Way to See It All

🏡 Bringing Everything Together If you’ve ever dabbled in smart-home tech, you’ll know the feeling: one app for lights, another for cameras, a third for heating, and half a dozen others for everything else. Each one works in isolation — but your home doesn’t. That’s where Home
Bal 16 Oct 2025
How to secure anything accessible online with CloudFlare Tunnels

How to secure anything accessible online with CloudFlare Tunnels

In today’s connected world, almost every service we run ends up needing some form of secure remote access. Whether it’s a self-hosted dashboard, automation tool like n8n, or even a private web app, the challenge is always the same: how do you expose it to the internet
Bal 02 Oct 2025

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