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Improve Your Privacy: How to Deprecate Your Google Account
Your old Google account is inexorably tied to your identity and contains vast amounts of private and sensitive data. Deprecate these accounts while…
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All Google users should do these 3 things to protect their privacy right now!
For most of us, avoiding Google products is really difficult, if not impossible. But that doesn't mean you have to sacrifice all your privacy. Do 3…
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Credit Card Fraud Targeted 62 Million Americans Last Year: Here's How to Avoid Becoming a Statistic.
Finding fraudulent charges on your credit or debit card is very inconvenient and can cost you a lot of money if you don't notice it in time. Take these…
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Your Venmo account is probably betraying your privacy! Update these 4 settings to protect yourself.
If you use Venmo, you are almost certainly unintentionally leaking sensitive information, unless you make these key changes to your privacy settings.
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Don’t Just Google It—Lock It Down: Your Privacy Guide to Safeguarding Your Google Data, from Google!
If you have a Google account, Google is collecting personal information about what you do online and where you go. Use this guide to update your privacy…
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How a Spare Phone Number and Email Could Save Your Identity & Privacy (And It’s Shockingly Easy)
Your phone number and email address are more than just contact details; they are valuable pieces of your digital identity! Protect them by setting up…
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Stop Apps Spying: Take 5 minutes to check the App Permissions on Your Phone
Don't let apps have permissions they don't need! Locking down the services the apps on your phone can access (i.e. mic, camera) protects you from apps…
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If you’re an iPhone user, this iCloud setting is a must for your privacy and security!
Apple offers "Advanced Data Protection for iCloud," which is end-to-end encryption of the contents of your iCloud. You should absolutely turn this on if…
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It's time to stop using SMS altogether, particularly for MFA. SMS/RCS/MMS are unencrypted and not safe to use...ever!
The Salt Typhoon attack is a reminder that unencrypted communications are vulnerable and should never be assumed to be private or secure.
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Don't let banks use your personal information for profit -- take the time to opt out, and preserve your privacy.
Banks really like selling or sharing your personal information for profit, and they make it hard to opt out by hiding privacy settings from you. It's…
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Use these new iPhone features to protect your privacy and security; the new passwords app finally makes password management easy and…
Now you can lock any app, hide any app, and use a seamless password app that works easily across apps and browsers and devices. Great work Apple!
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[Re-post] An easy way to get started on improving your digital security--protect your Crown Jewels!
If you want to improve your privacy and security, start simple. Identity the most important assets in your life – your crown jewels, and protect them.
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