How to Protect Your Information on the Internet

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When you enter your information on line, whether it's with a bank account or some other account, you're trusting that company to secure and protect your information. Even the good ones are target of very sophisticated hackers who can find exploits in the system. If there's something you want to keep secure, maybe this is not legal advice, but pick up the phone and say it there. And that could be a shorthand way for protecting somethings.

We're all familiar with how to increase physical security – locking our doors, paying attention to our surroundings, putting valuables in a safe, etc. – but what about our digital security?

With an increasingly digital world comes a less perceptible risk – the risk of having your information hacked and exploited by someone with whom you will never see or interact.

In this episode, Steph and Cal explore the basics of digital security, the risks involved, where many people go wrong, and what you should consider doing at a minimum to move from "at-risk" to "safer" with your digital information.

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