Digital Self-Defense

By Makani Mason

The Digital Self-Defense podcast is your fastest path to a safer digital life. Learn our three simple safety skills to stay ahead of the bad guys, protect what matters, and keep up with changes in tec... more

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How many episodes does Digital Self-Defense have?

The podcast currently has 111 episodes available.

Digital Self-Defense episodes:

November 15, 2024 39. The Hidden Danger of Cookie Banners
How is a cookie banner like a road sign?
What does it mean to "read the signs"?
How can you use cookie banners to build good security habits?
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27min
November 08, 2024 SE2 - Announcing the Bulletproof Dojo
Why is the IHP Academy getting rebranded?
What does it mean to become bulletproof?
What are the 4 areas you need to protect?
What are 5 categories of threats?
What is the one key strategy to staying safe?
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46min
November 01, 2024 38. Do I really need to accept all these cookies?
What are cookies?
Do I have to accept them?
Do cookies ever go away after I accept them?
Unless it is actually physical cookies I can eat, I really don’t want them so what do I do to avoid them?
links:
Privacy Badger
Brave Browser
uBlock Origin
Episode 31 about hotel key card cookies
Episode 33 about browser extensions
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26min
October 25, 2024 37. Phishing Protection: Be Specifically Suspicious
How does typing in your password make you vulnerable to phishing?
When do you authenticate someone in the physical world?
What question should you be asking yourself more often?
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18min
October 18, 2024 36. Backblaze: Simple Whole Computer Backups
What is Backblaze?
How long has Makani been using Backblaze?
What feature is Backblaze missing?
What is software opportunity cost?
Get Backblaze
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21min
October 11, 2024 35. Resolving the 3 Reasons You Aren't Backing Up Your Data
What are the 3 big reasons people don't backup their data?
What is the sad story that first interested Makani in backups?
Does the cloud keep my data safe?
What kind of malware shut down thousands of car dealerships because they didn't have backups?
Do you need to start doing backups?

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29min
October 04, 2024 34. Listener Question: Apple vs Windows
What's safer - Apple or Windows?
How does one famous Windows software developer answer this question?
What is Gatekeeper?
What is Patch Tuesday?
What security feature does Windows have that Makani wishes Apple did too?
Keep Windows updated
What is Gatekeeper?
What is SmartScreen?
Malware statistics
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39min
September 27, 2024 33. Keep the Hackers Out, Part 3
What's the most important step to take if an account gets hacked?
- Spoiler alert: it's not changing your password.
What youtube channel with it's 15 million subscribers had all it's thousands of videos deleted?
What lessons can we learn from their story?
What is authentication?
Where do we see it in the physical world?
How does it work online?
Linus Tech Tips takeover
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27min
September 20, 2024 32. Who We Trust: The 2FAS App
Why do I want the 2FAS app?
What is Google Authenticator?
Why does Makani trust the 2FAS app?
Do I need 2FAS if I have a password manager?
Get 2FAS
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23min
September 13, 2024 31. Why you need to understand browser extensions
What is a browser extension?
Are there any I might want to use?
What bad things can a browser extension do?
How do I know which extensions to trust?
Listen now for the answers.
Review your installed extensions
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22min

FAQs about Digital Self-Defense:

How many episodes does Digital Self-Defense have?

The podcast currently has 111 episodes available.