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Author: carlyn

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One Thing To Do Today: Learn a new phrase “Threat Model”

December 9, 2016December 10, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments onething, security, threat model

Option 1: You know something can go wrong. “They” can get you …THEM…today it will be in some new way that

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One Thing To Do Today: Learn how to remove EXIF Data from photos

December 8, 2016December 9, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments EXIF, image processing, onething, privacy, security

TL;DR Use ImageOptim or one of their recommendations to remove EXIF data off pictures before they go up on the

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One Thing To Do Today: Email, not making the perfect the enemy of the better.

December 7, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments

TL;DR – Protonmail, Tutanota rank as the easiest to use “secure” free email as service options. Might also consider Fastmail in conjunction

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One Thing To Do Today: Tuesday routine, update everything

December 6, 2016January 15, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments onething, privacy, security, TuesdaySweep

TL;DR If a device has a connection to a network, it needs a frequent update schedule.   Computational devices on

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One Thing To Do Today: Use a privacy focused search engine

December 6, 2016December 7, 2016 carlyn 2 Comments onething, privacy, search

TL;DR: Set StartPage or DuckDuckGo as the default search on your browser. Put the other in the bookmarks bar. Search engines know what we look for,

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One Thing To Do Today: VPNs beyond the hype.

December 3, 2016December 6, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments onething, security, VPN

TL;DR: A VPN is a narrow tool. Use them accordingly. Virtual Private Networks evolved to connect remote workers into their organization’s network

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One Thing To Do Today: Amuse yourself, then toughen up your browser.

December 2, 2016December 3, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments onething, privacy, web browsers, web safety

I have a new friend. It’s the scripted voice on clickclickclick.click, a website keeping me company as I write this

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One Thing To Do Today: Turn off image loading for email

December 1, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments

Let’s do something super simple today. Turn off default image loading in your email client or settings. HTML emails can

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One Thing To Do Today: Insist on HTTPs

November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments https, onething, security, web browsers, web safety

TL; DR Install the EFF sponsored chrome extension HTTPs Everywhere or look into a browser like Brave. The letters HTTP stand for

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One Thing To Do Today: Tuesday Sweep, where are your backups?

November 29, 2016January 15, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments onething, privacy, security, TuesdaySweep

TL:DR Sign up for Crashplan with the option of managing your own keys. The SFMUNI was able to tell the

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One Thing To Do Today: Choose Open Source ( #opencybermonday )

November 28, 2016November 29, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments onething, open source, open source hardware, opencybermonday

In honor of #opencybermonday, it seems to be a good moment to point out that security minded folks tend to also

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One Thing To Do Today: Know where you’re going when you click.

November 27, 2016November 29, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments links, onething, security, web browsers

The text of a link is not always honest about it’s destination. On websites and when using a browser to

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