The Intersection of Privacy and Cybersecurity

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The biggest takeaway is: MFA can prevent account takeovers where credentials are compromised. That's it.

Different forms of MFA exist, but in most cases enabling MFA is better than not enabling MFA - especially on important/crucial accounts.

From a security perspective, if the question is "Sho...

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This post was originally published on 2 OCT 2020; it has since been updated and revised.

Though Safari is a closed-source browser, some users may wish to use with their Apple devices.

This how-to guide will show you how to increase your data privacy and security while using Safari. This guide...

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This post was originally published on 29 JAN 2022. It has since been updated and revised.

DNS enables your devices to connect to the internet as we currently know it, translating the human-readable domain name to a machine-readable IP address.

However, what happens if your resolver is either i...

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The importance of metadata to user privacy is simply under emphasized.

Metadata can tell the whole story without ever reading the message contents; with files, Metadata can reveal additional and potentially sensitive information in addition to whatever is contained inside a file.

People break u...

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