One Thing To Do Today: Collect phone numbers for future Tuesday Sweeps
Back on November 20th, Michelle kicked of the Civic Engagement Survival Guide with the Who’s My Representative Mini Hackathon. She not only
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One Thing To Do Today: Threat Model Part 3, Map The Ecosystem
I’m the weirdo that loved diagraming sentences, so this next part makes me nerdily happy. Time to take one of
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One Thing To Do Today: Threat Model Part 2, Who is the threat anyway?
In the early 2000’s I marked some time as a Usability and Human Factors Professional, drawing on neglected novelist within to
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One Thing To Do Today: Learn a new phrase “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
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: Tuesday routine, update everything
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: VPNs beyond the hype.
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: Insist on HTTPs
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?
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: Know where you’re going when you click.
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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One Thing to Do Today: Single-Factor Biometrics are the WORST. [Supergirl Spoilers]
So thanks to Supergirl Season 2 Episode 7 we’ve got a giant teachable moment on the security horror show of single
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One Thing To Do Today: Enable Two Factor Authentication
TL;DR Yes, go enable two factor authentication, but it’s probably really fancy multistep verification. And email, still not encrypted. I’m very glad to
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