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Friday, May 3, 2024

Make digital security simple again: This Singaporean company wants to protect you from yourself

Remember that guy from San Francisco who lost $250 million because he forgot the password to his Bitcoin wallet? We do, and we’re also happy to hear he has “made peace” with the loss because oh boy that’s a doozy of a digital security nightmare and the world felt his pain. Many of us have forgotten passwords, just not at a half-billion-dollar loss. One that might hit closer to home: You upload sensitive files to cloud storage platforms that are generally secure and then, oops, data breach — at which point you’re at the mercy of internet sleuths.

Here’s where we send in the cavalry: A Singaporean startup called UKISS Technology wants to  make online safety more secure and easier for everyone, whether you’re a Silicon Valley whiz or someone who’s still (discreetly) Googling “what is a blockchain” in the middle of a conversation. UKISS’s…

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