The Bare Minimum You Should Do to Protect Your Family's Data
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The Bare Minimum You Should Do to Protect Your Family's Data
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#2I think that it's beneficial that Mozilla pushes this privacy-minded ideology. People who aren't tech-savvy might not know these tips.
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#3Overall a good resource but please no to "antivirus" software like McAfee. Absolutely horrible and makes it worse.
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#4>Turn off location services.
Will this make it impossible to find your lost iPhone?
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#5Overall a good resource but please no to "antivirus" software like McAfee. Absolutely horrible and makes it worse.
Yeah, the antivirus recommendation sticks out like a sore thumb, and makes me wonder if anyone with a good background in security vetted the rest of it.
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#6>Turn off location services. Will this make it impossible to find your lost iPhone?
Yes, but you can edit location settings for individual apps IIRC.
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#7Overall a good resource but please no to "antivirus" software like McAfee. Absolutely horrible and makes it worse.
The only program of that nature I would recommend is MalwareBytes.
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#8"Buy and download antivirus software from a reputable source such as McAfee, Norton, or Symantec."
Installing more proprietary software with unrestricted access seems like a huge step backwards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Lantern_%28software%29#A...
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#9I expected better from Mozilla.
Connecting to unsecured WiFi is mostly not a problem. Most websites and applocations encrypt traffic and the security of the channel does not matter.
Plus, the recommendation to installl shady antivirus software throws the motivation of this article into doubt.
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#10> Fine-tune your browser settings
This is not so great advice, especially as a "bare minimum." What setting would a user really want to change here?
The only advice should perhaps be the last sentence "Consider using plug-ins like Privacy Badger or HTTPS Everywhere to block tracking or keep your activity safer from snoops." And then explain what they do.