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Securing your digital life, the finale: Debunking worthless “security” practices

Enlarge / Take one daily to keep Evil Hackerman away! reader comments 233 with 132 posters participating, including story author Share this story Securing your digital life View more stories Information security and privacy suffer from the same phenomenon we see in fighting COVID-19: “I’ve done my own research” syndrome. Many security and privacy practices… Read More »

Securing your digital life, part three: How smartphones make us vulnerable

Enlarge / In this story, we’re going to learn about “pig butchering.” Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 4 with 4 posters participating Share this story Securing your digital life View more stories There are, by some estimates, more smart phones on this planet than human beings to use them. People who have never… Read More »

Securing your digital life, part two: The bigger picture—and special circumstances

ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images reader comments 49 with 43 posters participating Share this story Securing your digital life View more stories In the first half of this guide to personal digital security, I covered the basics of assessing digital risks and protecting what you can control: your devices. But the… Read More »