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Practical encryption and account security, from full-disk and email to strong passwords and two-factor.

The Eufy Security Camera Privacy Scandal: Unencrypted Cloud Footage

Twitter user Paul Moore discovered recently that his Eufy home security camera leaks unencrypted private images of faces and names to the cloud, even with

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Advanced Encryption Chapter

I know, I have already discussed different areas of encryption in varying levels of detail. But I think an aspect that needs to be highlighted even further

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Advanced Password Management and Storage

In the beginning sections of this paper, I talked a bit about creating strong passwords and how to store them securely. However, if your threat model fits

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Choosing and Using Strong Passwords and Manage them easily

Now, there is a difference between some terminologies here that seems to be used interchangeably when they aren’t really the same.

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Full Disk Encryption: Strongest Counter to Surveillance, Attack and Theft of Your Devices

One of your strongest counters to surveillance, attack, and theft of your devices is making sure the data on them is secure. Really, the only way to do tha

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GPG/PGP Based Encryption & Authentication for Emails

One of the other things you will have likely noticed me touching on is companies who are willing to share their PGP Key for customers so they can use email

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Hashing & Authentication: How are your passwords stored on websites?

It is important when we learn about encryption and using it alongside strong passwords, to also take a look at how these passwords are stored on the websit

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How does HTTPS / Browser Encryption work?

Often times when you connect to a website, you will notice that the URL just displays the website name. But as we move into a more digital world, it is hig

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Securing Online Accounts: Always use Two-Factor Authentication

Hopefully by now you have registered for a ProtonMail or Tutanota account and are ready to start transferring some accounts over. So it is time to discuss

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Your primary tool to keep data secure: Encryption

I am a pretty big believer in encryption online because encryption can be seen as the primary tool that keeps our information/data secure. It prevents outs

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