The Guest Network on Your Home Router
Handing a visitor your main Wi-Fi password puts them on the same network as your work laptop and home cameras.
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APK File Scams on WhatsApp
A file sent as an invitation or parcel receipt is harmless while it's only received. The danger starts when it's installed.
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The Dangers of Free VPN Apps and How to Judge One
Running VPN servers is expensive. If you aren't paying with money, something else is paying.
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Two-Factor Authentication and Account Security
Most accounts that get taken over weren't guessed. The password was already known, leaked from somewhere else and reused here.
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File Sharing Security on a Local Network
Sharing a folder locally feels safe because only people in the house can see it. The problem is that a local network is rarely as small as imagined.
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Online Meeting and Screen Sharing Security
What leaks from online meetings is rarely the result of eavesdropping. It's usually a notification popping up on a shared screen, or a meeting link passed around a group chat.
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How to Safely Sell or Dispose of an Old Phone
An old phone being sold carries more than photos: your home Wi-Fi password, live app sessions, and access to the CCTV cameras set up through its apps.
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How to Check for Hidden Cameras in Hotels and Rentals
Modern hidden cameras are tiny, cheap, and send their footage over Wi-Fi. That's exactly their weakness: they have to be on the network, and the network can be inspected.
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Setting Up Safe Wi-Fi and Internet for Elderly Parents
You set up Wi-Fi at your parents' house, then went home. Since then, every "your parcel is held" message and every call "from the bank" reaches them with nothing in between. Most of that risk can be reduced in one afternoon.
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Securing a Wi-Fi Printer
Everyone changes the router password. Almost nobody changes the printer password, even though the printer keeps copies of the documents it has printed.
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The Risk of Public USB Sockets
A USB cable carries power and data on the same wire. At a public socket, the easiest defence is not to use that socket at all.
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Scams Posing as Internet Provider Technicians
A genuine internet provider employee never asks for an OTP code. A few simple patterns separate an official visit from a scam attempt.
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