File 04Digital Safety
Digital safety that fits in a normal week
Most online safety advice asks for more time than people have. This section ranks the steps by how much protection they buy: turning on automatic updates, using a password manager, adding two-step verification to email and banking, and locking down account recovery.
We explain what a security update actually fixes, why your email account is the master key to everything else, and which privacy settings on phones and social apps are worth ten minutes. We also cover shared family devices, older relatives' accounts and what to do when an account has already been taken over.
No fear-mongering and no product pitches disguised as advice. If a tool is worth using, we'll say why, and whether there's a free option.
Guides in this section
No digital safety guides are published yet. The first is being checked now; until then, the headlines below are a good place to keep an eye on.
Patch notes and security reporting
- Microsoft Plugs Nearly 1,000 Security HolesKrebs on Security
- Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security HolesKrebs on Security
- Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find OutKrebs on Security
- Two Alleged ‘TeamPCP’ Hackers Arrested in AustraliaKrebs on Security
- Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy FightKrebs on Security
- FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers LicensesKrebs on Security