Companies are aggregating your personal data (location, email, home address, phone number, age, gender, search history, what apps you use, time of day you do it, and much more). Your phone is actively pushing this data out from most of the apps you use and it happens without your knowledge.
You can opt-out and use tools to stop the leaking.
You should be using Two-Factor authentication (2FA). If you aren’t, let’s dive into what this all means, why you should do it, how to get going, and a word of caution.
First off, 2FA sounds complicated and it actually is pretty straightforward. This article unpacks some of the complexity and what you can do right now to increase your personal security.
In short, 2FA is using two separate ways to confirm your identity when logging into systems. It is this combination that makes accessing your information secure.
Let’s get this out of the way – you need a Password Manager. If you don’t have one, spend 15 minutes doing that right now.
I have a couple of recommendations of which ones worth using and a few that aren’t and why.
There are many apps out there and I have two password manager recommendations. Most higher-rated apps perform the same basic function and do a great job at it. Spending time trying to figure out which is the best or reading a dozen reviews probably won’t help all that much.
