- [Narrator] Online security is one of
the biggest issues facing us all today.
We've put together our favorite tips and tricks
to help you stay secure online
and prevent any intrusions from messing up your day.
Before you embark on this journey of security,
it's always a good idea to see where you stand in
if any of your accounts have already been compromised.
Check out, have I been pwned?
The service analyzes known data breaches
and allows you to type in your email address
to search against their findings.
If you get no results, that's actually a really good thing.
However, if you do find that your email address
has been included in a data leak,
you now know where to start your password changing journey.
You might be wondering, what exactly defines
a secure password and how do you make one?
This is where things get simpler with password managers.
You probably heard of software like,
bitwarden, LastPass, KeePass and various others.
It's not important which one you use,
just that you use one of them.
KeePass is an offline password manager
that's free to use, extremely secure.
Simply install it on your machine
and when you run it, you're met with a blank canvas.
Start by setting a master password
which will allow access to anything you store here.
Then you can begin adding the online accounts
that you wish to secure a little bit further.
Use the password generator that's built into
to most password managers to get
an amazingly secure password.
Those sites keep you logged in for a certain amount of time,
but when that expires, it's time to log in again.
Just have KeePass or whatever manager
that you're using, quickly remind you
of how ridiculous your password is
and even take you to the site and log in.
There's obviously a little bit of legwork required
to get the password manager set up and running.
But once you do it, you'll be all set in the future
and won't have to worry about constantly
hitting that, I forgot my password button.
You can still take your security to a higher level
with two factor authentication.
You've probably heard of it or use it everyday yourself.
Two factor or two step authentication,
simply requires one more step beyond the password.
This can be in the form of typing in a code
that was sent to your phone or my favorite,
using an authenticator app on your phone.
Most of the big sites you visit
will probably support this feature already.
For example, take a look at Facebook,
in your security settings, you just enable
two factor authentication to either,
send you a text message or allow you
to input the code from your authenticator app.
I suggest using Google authenticator
if you're looking for a trusted brand to get started with.
Once your accounts are linked,
there's no way someone will get access to
your account without your special code.
You can also use this to protect your online gaming account
such as, Battle.net, which is great
if you don't want to lose your Hearthstone card library.
Moving on, let's talk about locking
down your laptop or desktop.
You can actually turn your old flash drive
into an unlock key with some simple
software called, USB Raptor.
It's safe and fairly straightforward.
Install USB Raptor on your Windows machine
and then insert a flash drive into the slot.
Now you just need to create a simple unlock file
right from the software and it'll
store it on your flash drive.
Make sure you tick the boxes to enable
the software to run at startup and to arm it.
If you're leaving your system, just unplug
your drive and the system will lock out users
from snooping around in your machine
unless they have access to your USB key.
Another cool thing is you can still
use the drive as normal, so store all your
other files on there as well, just make sure
you don't delete the single file
created on your drive or you might run into trouble.
Maybe you finally found an item
that you've been searching for,
but it's only available on a website
that you've never heard of.
Protect yourself and make a one time use burner credit card
for the transaction, so that your real card
and your wallet is safe and secure.
This is where our friends at privacy.com come in.
They're supporting our content today
and we wanna tell you a little bit about their product
because they can help protect you online.
Here's how it works, you get your account all set up
and link it with a funding source.
Then install their browser plugin,
you probably think there's more but that's basically it.
Now whenever you go to make a transaction online,
their plugin will detect it and see if you'd
like to create a one time use card on the spot,
or create a long term use card.
You can also just log into your account
and do it from there.
You can sign up at privacy.com/HH,
so that they know we sent you.
What about recurring subscriptions?
We all see sites that offer you to sign up for free
but end up charging you later if you forget to cancel.
If you're a bit on the forgetful side, like me,
this'll make sure you don't get charged
after that trial period, so go check it out for yourself.
Go to privacy.com/HH, it's also completely free.
Let's talk about the last line of defense,
the nuclear option, a burner phone
that no one knows about but you.
You can use this phone as a backup number
for all your online accounts or as your number
for two-factor authentication.
Some attempts to gain access to accounts
involve spoofing your phone number to receive
your text messages, that means someone
could get pass your two-step authentication.
But not if your name or address
aren't even tied to the number at all
and you're the only one with access to the phone.
You can keep this phone in your desk
or lockbox as a last line of security.
At this point, these things are super cheap
and you can pick them up for about 10 bucks.
Most of them come preloaded with some data
and minutes already, so it's well worth the
10 to 20 bucks you'll spend up front.
So these are just a few ways to help you protect yourself
and certainly, our brilliant audience has
some more tips to share in the comments.
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