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Title: How to protect your private photos and personal data from being hacked
Post by: HCK on March 19, 2017, 04:05:23 pm
How to protect your private photos and personal data from being hacked

How do you protect your private photos and personal content from being hacked? With these security precautions!

There's been another round of celebrity hacks online. While blame and fault rests entirely and completely on the criminals doing the hacking and leaking, it's a cold reminder that security in the digital world is just as urgent and imperative as security in the real world. We don't just need to close our data doors, we need to lock them. With deadbolts and sirens.

Whether it's Apple's iCloud, Google Accounts, Microsoft, Dropbox, or any other service, you want to avoid using weak, repetitive, single-factor passwords and start using long, strong, unique passwords with multi-factor and a password manager.

It's a hassle but so is your home security system or personal protection detail. It's the fault of the criminals but we're the only ones who can protect ourselves.

Here's how.

Don't use weak passwords

Everyone should know by now to avoid passwords like "password", "1234...

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