Digital Self-Defense

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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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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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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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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Today we are answering a listener question: which is safer - Apple or Android?

We also talk about how important the answer is.

And, of course, the biggest question: should you switch?

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What to expect when in contact with Apple Support.

Mobile Phone Market Share

Google shares the challenges of keeping Android secure

How to keep your device updated

If you listened to last week's episode, and are wondering what to do, this episode is for you.  

We discuss two free but powerful layers of protection from identity theft.  

It's something we already highly recommended for everyone, and even more so after the massive National Public Data breach we talked about last week.  

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How to add the layers

FTC Information on the layers

Official US Government Identity Theft site

Get simple answers to all your questions about this breach:  

How many countries were affected by this data breach?  

How many people?  

What group of people wasn't affected?  

How can I find out if my data was stolen?  

What should I do if it was?  

This is technically our 2nd news event we've covered,  

but first in what we are now calling our Special Edition where we interrupt our regular schedule.  

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Check if your data was leaked

National Public Data's own page about the breach

Bleeping Computer's report on the breach

20% off DeleteMe data removal service

In part two, we talk about step two of protecting your online accounts. 

There are many kinds of two-factor authentication and they have some important differences. 

In this episode, we demystify one that looks scary: TOTP. 

We talk about its strengths and weaknesses compared to the other forms. 

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How to use 1Password for TOTP 

2FAS authenticator app for TOTP  

Looking for a VPN that isn't blocked and doesn't slow you down? 

ExpressVPN might be the answer. 

Their website might be full of hype, but there's still a lot to love about ExpressVPN. 

Listen now and find out if ExpressVPN is right for you. 

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ExpressVPN + Backblaze special offer 

Reasons to trust ExpressVPN 

Bug Bounty Program 

Security Audits 

Digital Security Lab 

TrustedServer 

Privacy Audit 

VPN Trust Initiative 

Talking to the Co-Founders 

The colorful history of ExpressVPN's parent company, Kape Technologies 

Crossrider renamed Kape 

Kape history 

Kape owns 4 VPNs 

Kape buys ExpressVPN 

Other VPNs worth considering 

iVPN - with a realistic VPN pitch 

MullvadVPN 

ProtonVPN 

Do you keep hearing about VPNs?  

Are you wondering if you need to get one?  

Will it keep you safe?  

What is a VPN good for?  

We answer these questions and more.  

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