Super Simple Security Principles
Digital security principles in tiny powerful packages that are easy to understand, no matter your skill level.
Episodes
6 days ago
39. The Hidden Danger of Cookie Banners
6 days ago
6 days ago
How is a cookie banner like a road sign? What does it mean to "read the signs"? How can you use cookie banners to build good security habits?
Friday Nov 08, 2024
SE2 - Announcing the Bulletproof Dojo
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Why is the IHP Academy getting rebranded? What does it mean to become bulletproof? What are the 4 areas you need to protect? What are 5 categories of threats? What is the one key strategy to staying safe?
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Friday Nov 01, 2024
38. Do I really need to accept all these cookies?
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
What are cookies? Do I have to accept them? Do cookies ever go away after I accept them? Unless it is actually physical cookies I can eat, I really don’t want them so what do I do to avoid them?
links:Privacy Badger Brave Browser uBlock Origin Episode 31 about hotel key card cookies Episode 33 about browser extensions
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Friday Oct 25, 2024
37. Phishing Protection: Be Specifically Suspicious
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
How does typing in your password make you vulnerable to phishing?When do you authenticate someone in the physical world?What question should you be asking yourself more often?
Friday Oct 18, 2024
36. Backblaze: Simple Whole Computer Backups
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
What is Backblaze? How long has Makani been using Backblaze? What feature is Backblaze missing? What is software opportunity cost?
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Friday Oct 11, 2024
35. Resolving the 3 Reasons You Aren't Backing Up Your Data
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
What are the 3 big reasons people don't backup their data? What is the sad story that first interested Makani in backups? Does the cloud keep my data safe? What kind of malware shut down thousands of car dealerships because they didn't have backups? Do you need to start doing backups?
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Friday Oct 04, 2024
34. Listener Question: Apple vs Windows
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
What's safer - Apple or Windows? How does one famous Windows software developer answer this question? What is Gatekeeper? What is Patch Tuesday? What security feature does Windows have that Makani wishes Apple did too?
Keep Windows updated
What is Gatekeeper?
What is SmartScreen?
Malware statistics
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Friday Sep 27, 2024
33. Keep the Hackers Out, Part 3
Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
What's the most important step to take if an account gets hacked? - Spoiler alert: it's not changing your password. What youtube channel with it's 15 million subscribers had all it's thousands of videos deleted? What lessons can we learn from their story? What is authentication? Where do we see it in the physical world? How does it work online?
Linus Tech Tips takeover
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Friday Sep 20, 2024
32. Who We Trust: The 2FAS App
Friday Sep 20, 2024
Friday Sep 20, 2024
Why do I want the 2FAS app? What is Google Authenticator? Why does Makani trust the 2FAS app? Do I need 2FAS if I have a password manager?
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Friday Sep 13, 2024
31. Why you need to understand browser extensions
Friday Sep 13, 2024
Friday Sep 13, 2024
What is a browser extension? Are there any I might want to use? What bad things can a browser extension do? How do I know which extensions to trust? Listen now for the answers.
Review your installed extensions
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