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After you nail the basics, it's time to look at implementing more and/or higher-quality tools. For example, you've probably got a lot of devices on your home network, so get a mid-to-top tier router that has a lot of configurability (network isolation, handle multiple outbound connections, etc). Other thoughts: reduce exposure to social media curate …
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You've asked one question, that I'm answering relatedly to /u/harmony5555 If you have Veracrypt installed on the other device, and you know the decryption key, then yes – you can access it over there If you do not have Veracrypt installed, and/or don't know the decrypt key, then no – you cannot access the data …
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90% of Americans don't own a vehicle? Nope While there are 811 cars per 1000 people in the US (81%), 20% of the population is under 15 (and, therefore, aren't registering vehicles) And in many/most families with more than one vehicle, they are all registered to a single person (eg I have 2 vehicles in …
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As commented in /r/security … this is not a surprise! https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/cjrk4m/google_reportedly_once_gave_about_100_engineers/evffiht/ Huawei built the Nexus 6P back in 2015 How do you think they worked together? July 30, 2019 at 03:32PM via reddit https://ift.tt/2Kb7i10

I was going off the ~150m people's records being breached getting the ~$5/person July 30, 2019 at 12:09PM via reddit https://ift.tt/2Ot9O8p

you're welcome July 30, 2019 at 12:09PM via reddit https://ift.tt/2YeLyel

I don't know that I'd exactly call "injecting Bing results into Google search" "malware" Outside of highly-technical topics, I haven't found Google to be especially more relevant than Bing, Qwant, or DuckDuckGo for several years July 30, 2019 at 09:58AM via reddit https://ift.tt/2SXvCYk

deeper ties than we knew Really? Huawei built the Nexus 6P back in 2015 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_6P July 30, 2019 at 09:54AM via reddit https://ift.tt/32ZgqOT

Lots of folks without an SSN 🙂 July 30, 2019 at 09:56AM via reddit https://ift.tt/2Kap9oO

What's that work out to? $5 a person affected? July 30, 2019 at 08:55AM via reddit https://ift.tt/2LNJRyb

90% of the population doesn't own a vehicle July 30, 2019 at 08:55AM via reddit https://ift.tt/314H5ba

"Of course the credit bureau notices something and that’s why they are so able to estimate numbers in the first place. They know what Social Security numbers are being overused and can probably even trace the genealogy of that number as it makes its way across the country. Here’s an amazing fact: some individual Social …
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I run a partial answer to that – https://datente.com July 30, 2019 at 09:05AM via reddit https://ift.tt/311O3O9

The US targets other countries during elections … and we're supposed to be surprised when other countries do it back? July 30, 2019 at 07:55AM via reddit https://ift.tt/2Ycw3Uz

I use Quad9 (9.9.9.9), Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), Google (8.8.8.8), and Freenom (80.80.80.80) I've also used Pi-Hole at various times in the past (though not currently) July 29, 2019 at 03:58PM via reddit https://ift.tt/2ZhPyaw

1) 17 characters isn't a magically-safe length (nor is 23) 2) passwords will become obsolete…some day 3) who ever thought passwords were "secure"? 5) the problem with biometrics is you cannot change them – so they're only strong-enough when used locally (a la the local security enclave of an iPhone) July 29, 2019 at 08:50AM …
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"I'm gonna store my password in a password manager. But I don't trust the password manager, so I'm going to store it's password in another password manager." Turtles all the way down July 27, 2019 at 08:59AM via reddit https://ift.tt/2ZeihwR

… how do you get to KeePass (a password vault) to unlock your password vault ? July 25, 2019 at 04:02PM via reddit https://ift.tt/2MebEqQ

Half the people in the restroom, I'd wager July 25, 2019 at 12:46PM via reddit https://ift.tt/32JjiPI

but But BUT! My cat's name IS aAWODJMQWIRj! July 25, 2019 at 12:48PM via reddit https://ift.tt/30XiOE6

I'd hate to have to type-in the whole first chapter of The Idiot just to unlock my password vault July 25, 2019 at 12:49PM via reddit https://ift.tt/32S1XnS

but since I'm on 4G, and the 4G network is available to millions of users on a country-wide scale, shouldn't I be concerned about more than just my local cafe? Wouldn't all 4G users potentially see my device and data I send/receive? Are you concerned about everyone seeing your traffic when you use your phone …
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Lastpass or 1Password? Why only one of those two? What's wrong with all the other password managers? July 25, 2019 at 08:03AM via reddit https://ift.tt/2MchTLD

Does it really matter? Whether there was or wasn't a problem, it isn't going to hurt you to change your login credentials July 25, 2019 at 08:05AM via reddit https://ift.tt/2ybfXes

Pi-Hole has its place (I got it working well-enough in combination with an OpenVPN endpoint – https://antipaucity.com/2018/10/09/rethinking-pi-hole-again) Done correctly, Pi-Hole helps your whole network (or, in my case, anything that connects to the OpenVPN endpoint) – not merely one device And it's everything on any given device, not merely one browser and its individual extensions …
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