Privacy basics
- Privacy basics
DKIM is an email authentication method that verifies that a message hasn’t been
tampered with in transit. Learn how it works and why you need it to protect your
email domain.
Along with the other main email authentication methods, SPF and DMARC, DKI
- Privacy basics
Email privacy means keeping your messages safe from prying eyes at all times,
but most email providers aren’t private. Learn how private email can help
protect you against hackers, government spies, and Big Tech’s pervasive invasion
of your privacy.
Passwords are a necessity of the online world. They are one of the most
important means of securing your digital life, preventing hackers and anyone
else from accessing your bank account, email, social media accounts, and
everything else you do onlin
Email attachments may contain malware that criminals trick you into downloading,
often leading to identity theft, credit card fraud, or other cybercrime. Here’s
how to check if an attachment is safe.
In 2022, over 300,000 people in the US lost more
- Privacy basics
If you’ve ever uploaded a file or a video online to share with someone, chances
are you’ve used a cloud storage service.
Unlike traditional forms of data storage (such as hard drives), cloud storage
uses servers in off-site locations to store data,
Phishing scams try to trick you into revealing sensitive data or downloading
malware, often leading to identity theft, credit card fraud, or other
cybercrime. Learn all about phishing and how to prevent it.
With billions of phishing emails sent dail
Around 50% of all emails contain trackers that spy on your email activity — over
160 billion messages sent every day. Here’s how they work and how to block them.
Working silently in the background, email trackers not only monitor how you
respond to
- Privacy basics
Email headers are the hidden part of emails containing vital information to
identify and authenticate messages. Learn how to read them to spot spam and stay
secure.
Have you received an unexpected email from a strange address? Is it actually
from so
- Privacy basics
When you encrypt files on your computer, it’s like storing them in a vault: Only
someone with the correct key can access them. That’s useful if you’re concerned
about hackers stealing your most sensitive documents or companies scanning your
data for
- Privacy basics
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an extra layer of protection for online
accounts that requires you to use more than just your username and password to
log in.
With 2FA enabled, you can protect access to your online accounts even if your
password
- Privacy basics
Internet users of a certain age might recall earlier days of personal computing,
with stacks of labeled floppy disks or CDs lying around the office. Those have
all but disappeared thanks to the widespread availability of cloud storage,
which took off