Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. As technology program manager for the city of Alexandria, Va., Nik ...

Some apps on your iPhone and iPad may ask for permission to find and connect to devices on your local network. These apps usually need to find compatible devices on your network — smart home apps may ...

So now that macOS Sequoia is here, half the apps on my machine are asking for permission to "access local network resources", but is there an explanation somewhere about what that actually means? Do ...

Virtual private networks have shortcomings when it comes to protecting remote network connections. These technologies can replace or supplement them. Once the staple for securing employees working ...

The pop-up message “Website wants to look for and connect to any device on your local network” is a new permission prompt in Chrome or Edge that appears when you visit some specific websites. This new ...

Since Apple sunsetted macOS’s remote network connector, Back to My Mac, I have looked for a system that would provide full access to devices on my home LAN when I was outside the network (see “Apple ...

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows you to access your computer over a network, but connecting from outside your local network (over the internet) introduces additional challenges. If you can connect ...

You can enable remote desktop access on a Mac to allow yourself and others to access your computer from a different location. You can choose which users can access ...

Since the router is the guardian of your network, you’d think that router manufacturers would ship them with default options configured for security. However, several of the stock options on your ...

Have you ever tried to access your Synology NAS remotely, only to find yourself tangled in a web of port forwarding, dynamic DNS setups, or router configurations that feel more like a puzzle than a ...