Next week, as you’re doing your annual IT work for parents, in-laws, aunts and uncles, take a few minutes and talk about protecting privacy and improving their cybersecurity.
This Motherboard article, recommended by Bruce Schneier, is a great place to start. Will it provide perfect privacy and security? No, but it’s a good start for your loved ones.
At a bare minimum I recommend:
- Installing an ad blocker (yes, I’m a marketer and yes, I use one)
- A good paid VPN on both desktop and phones
- Removing personal information from social media such as birthdays and “likes” of topics which can de-anonymize you (which means everything)
- Change social media default post settings to friends only
- Encrypting the hard drive
- Update the OS and applications
- Install (or use) a password manager
You can do the above during the end of the Lions game and still be finished in time to catch the Cowboys.
Happy Thanksgiving!