Digital Self-Defense

What is Makani’s favorite way to send money to friends and family, and why?  

Which disturbing Venmo privacy setting has been causing problems for years?  

What major PayPal policy change is coming next summer?  

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Zelle Pay

Make your Venmo transactions private

Opt out of PayPal selling your data

I Know What You Did on Venmo research - this is a PDF download

Famous People on Venmo

Official PayPal policy change notice

PayPal can fine you for misinformation?

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How do an estimated 91% of cyberattacks start?  

What critical feature is email missing that every modern messaging app has?  

How can we use an allowlist and a blocklist together?  

What experiment does Makani want your help with?  

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Adding a Friend System to Email

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What free tool can help you block harmful websites on any device without slowing it down?  

Wait, free? What's the catch?  

What bonus protection does the WARP service provide?  

What does it mean to rip pages out of your internet phonebook?  

links:

https://one.one.one.one/

Instructions for installing & filtering

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What is an allowlist?  

What is a blocklist?  

How can they keep me safe?  

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?  

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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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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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?

What is Backblaze?  

How long has Makani been using Backblaze?  

What feature is Backblaze missing?  

What is software opportunity cost?  

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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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