If
you ask the average person what the best ways to protect themselves
online are, they’ll give some true answers—but they’ll likely be
different than the answers you’d get from a security researcher. Here’s
the difference.
Google, in a paper they’re presenting at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security
this weekend, asked two groups—experts and nonexperts—what they do to
stay safe online. While the nonexperts provided some good answers (like
using antivirus software), the experts placed certain items as much
higher priority, as shown in the above graphic.
The experts prioritized keeping your software up to date, and using two-factor authentication, two things that did not appear on the nonexperts’ list. Most importantly, however, the experts noted that strong passwords aren’t enough:
you also need to use a different one for every account you have, which
means you probably also need a password manager to keep them all
straight.
If you’re
more like the second column than the first, then good for you! Be sure
to share this with the nonexperts you know. The more we can make those
columns look alike, the better off we’ll all be.
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