It is important to think of online safety the same as you would personal safety. If you were going out for a gallon of milk, would you go someplace you were familiar with in a neighborhood you feel comfortable in?

Passwords have become our own big ring of keys, giving us access to all of our daily duties online. And, just like that big jangling collection of keys, passwords have for many of us become cumbersome and easy to misplace. And all it takes is one of those keys to end up in the wrong hands and you’ve got a security issue on your hands.

Through December 31, 2021, for every new residential customer activation, Kinetic will donate $5, up to $75,000, to benefit St. Jude as part of our Kinetic 4 Kids program. Additionally, in recognition of business customers who contribute generously to their communities, especially during the holiday season, Kinetic Business will donate another $25,000 to St. Jude.

The statistics don’t lie: According to one source, 84 percent of people have scanned a QR code before, with 32 percent most recently having scanned a QR code in the past week and 26 most recently having scanned a QR code in the past month. From March to September 2020, 38 percent of respondents to a 2020 survey scanned a QR code at a restaurant, bar or café; 37 percent scanned a QR code at a retailer and 32 percent have scanned a QR code on a consumer product.

You may not know this, but Santa Claus is a close friend of ours.