Free Tech Tool or Hidden Threat?
Free, right? Beware! Every so often, you come across some kind of computer task that’s outside of your normal workflow. Something like rearranging pages in a PDF or converting one file type into another. You need to do it quickly, and you don’t have access to or want to pay for expensive software (like Acrobat Pro in our PDF-rearranging scenario). If you’re like most of us, you head straight to your search engine of choice. “Free file converter” or “rearrange PDF pages” will give you millions of results and dozens of services and tools that can get the job done, with varying degrees of success. But watch out: some of these tools could be dangerous for your business. So much so that the FBI put out a recent warning about the problem . Here’s what you need to watch out for. The Problem With “Free”: Somebody’s Still Paying for It The big problem with free (tech) stuff is that it isn’t truly free. Someone, somewhere is paying for it — the question that matters most is who’s footin...