Chapter 6

  Chapter 6 focuses on security. I can’t say I’ve practiced many of the topics discussed in this chapter, but I have heard of a lot of them. For instance, I’ve heard of using encryption, but I can’t say I’ve ever actively went out of my way to make sure an email was encrypted.

  I keep a close eye on bank statements to make sure I don’t have any unauthorized purchases, and I don’t get paper statements sent to me. I had never heard of identity theft insurance before, maybe it’s something to investigate in the future.

  I’m pretty good about not clicking anything I shouldn’t be clicking, so I’ve never had to remove any malware from my PC. For protection I use Windows Defender, it hasn’t let me down in the past 5 years that I’ve been back on PC.

  Web bugs are something I’ve never heard of before. I can’t say I’m a fan of Google using it for DoubleClick. I feel like I see that every time I click on a website and it’s loading, so it’s a little unnerving knowing all my web activity is tracked even if I’m not doing anything scandalous.

  My firewall is also provided by Defender, I’ve never really toyed with it outside of a little port forwarding for gaming purposes.

  I use the password manager on my iPhone, but I don’t use a dedicated service like the ones listed in the chapter. It works well enough for my needs. I am a huge proponent of multifactor authentication. Every use it on every account that allows me to, either using an authenticator app or a code through email or text message.

  If I’m paying for something on the web, I’m 100% making sure it’s on a authenticated website. If you don’t have that little “s” in your URL, I’m not putting my credit card number on your site.

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