Simple Smartphone Security Tips
My phone slid out of my jacket pocket on a train a while back. I found it four minutes later, wedged under the seat in front of me. But in those four minutes, I ran through everything a stranger could do with it. My email. My banking app, which I’d…
How to Secure Your Online Accounts
I got an email a while back that said someone had tried logging into my account from a city I’d never set foot in. Nothing happened, thankfully — the login was blocked — but it sat with me for a few days. Not because I thought I was specifically…
Password Manager Guide for Families: How to Actually Set One Up
My sister called me up a while back, kind of annoyed, asking how her twelve-year-old had guessed the wifi password, the streaming login, and like three other accounts. Turns out everything was some version of the dog’s name plus a birth year.…
How to Protect Personal Data Online
You’ve had that little moment before, right. You mention something out loud near your phone, and an ad for that exact thing shows up an hour later like it was listening. Or you get one of those emails saying your info turned up in “a data…