online security

BabyPhotos

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BabyPhotos

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(and online security)

Jake Spurlock@whyisjakejakespurlock.com

@mat

"In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed...

— Mat Honan

"In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed...

First my Google account was taken over, then deleted...

— Mat Honan

"In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed...

First my Google account was taken over, then deleted...

Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a

platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages...

— Mat Honan

"In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed...

And worst of all, my AppleID account was broken into, and my

hackers used it to remotely erase all of the data on my iPhone, iPad,

and MacBook."

First my Google account was taken over, then deleted...

Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a

platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages...

— Mat Honan@mat

Google showed recovery email:

m***n@me.com

Dec 2009 — 32 million

Dec 2009 — 32 million

420K

???

8.2M

June / July 2012

Dec 2009 — 32 million

420K

???

8.2M

453K

6.5M 1.5M

June / July 2012

"Two-factor authentication is one of the best things you can do to make sure your accounts

don’t get hacked."

— Lifehacker Australia

Best Security Practices

Strong passwords / Two-factor

Unique emails for accountsbrad+nytimes@gmail.com or brad+news@gmail.combrad+paypal@gmail.com or brad+money@gmail.com

Use good “security questions”

Secure websites (https://)

“Security Questions”

The best answers are non-sensical!

Pet’s name? Spaghetti

Look for the Lock!

Fishing

Phishing

$1,690

Jake Spurlock@whyisjakejakespurlock.com