Most people consider their Social Security number to be their most valuable personal data. Another threat is brewing that targets your mobile phone number — yes, the phone you use for 2-Factor Authentication and resetting your website passwords! Here’s how it works: Criminal somehow acquires your mobile phone number then gathers some basic information about you Criminal calls your mobile carrier and impersonates you requesting them to reassign your mobile number to a different phone Criminal then uses this phone…
Get to Know Your Windows 10 Privacy Settings
Windows 10 has many privacy settings that you should be aware of, and factory settings have most of these set to share a lot of information about you and your computer activities. You may want to consider keeping some or all of this information to yourself. To view your Windows 10 privacy settings, go to Settings > Privacy and explore. Check out this article about Windows 10 privacy settings on Wired.com: Click here to read full article
The Credentials Conundrum
Everyone needs a good answer to the question, "How do you manage your passwords?" If you use the Internet, before long you’ll build up a list of notable destinations and passwords, and it’ll only get longer in the future! Since strong credentials help protect us from criminals and worse, we all need to master the art of managing them well. Many try writing them on paper or keeping them in their head or in spreadsheet, but these methods are insecure…
