Section
Technology
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Set up account recovery before you need it, in about forty minutes
Losing a phone should be an inconvenience. For most households it is a lockout, because every route back into an account runs through the device that is gone.
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A breach letter arrived in March. What the fine print actually asked for
The letter says there is no evidence of misuse and offers two years of monitoring. Both statements are true and neither is the part that matters.
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Password manager, paper notebook, or the browser. What each one protects
The three ways people actually store passwords defend against completely different threats, and the argument between them usually skips which threat you have.
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How to test the backup you already have, in one evening
Almost everyone has some kind of backup running. Far fewer have ever tried to get a file back out of one, which is the only part that counts.