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The Smart Speaker in Your Kitchen Is Listening More Than You Think
Wake-word detection means your smart speaker is always listening for something. What actually gets recorded and sent, and which settings change that.
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How Scammers Actually Pick Their Targets (It’s Not Who You Think)
Scammers don’t study you. They work in volume, and what gets you selected for the next round is usually something small you did without thinking.
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Passkeys, Explained: Why the Password Is Finally Dying (and What Replaces It)
Passkeys are the first real replacement for the password in forty years, and they kill phishing outright. What they are and how to set one up.
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What Online Privacy Actually Means (and Why Most Definitions Miss the Point)
Most definitions of online privacy stop at not being watched, which leaves out the part that matters: control over who gets your data.
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5 Things You Should Change on Your Phone This Week
Five phone security changes that take under twenty minutes total and cover how phones actually get compromised. Start with the password manager.
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How to Use a VPN (and When It Actually Matters)
A VPN hides your traffic from the network you’re on, and that’s about it. When that genuinely helps, and when you’re paying for nothing.
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The 3 Browser Extensions Worth Installing Right Now
Three browser extensions worth installing: uBlock Origin, Bitwarden, and Privacy Badger. What each one stops, and which popular ones to skip.
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Your Email Was Hacked but the Password Still Works. Here’s Why That Is Worse.
If your email was hacked and the password still works, that is the bad version, not the harmless one. Here is what it means and what to do first.
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Why SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Better Than Nothing (But Not By Much)
Text-message codes are the weakest two-factor you can use and still better than none. Here is when switching matters and when it does not.
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How to Check If Your Data Has Been Breached
Have I Been Pwned shows in seconds whether your data has been breached. How to check, set up alerts, and what to do if you get a hit.