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    #316: Locking Down Your Technology

    April 17th, 2016 · 89 minutes

    David and Katie run down options for securing your tech and staying safe online. We cover securing your iOS devices and Macs as well as discuss best practices for passwords, email, web browsing and locking down your online profiles.

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    Links and Show Notes

    App Camp For Girls
    OS X El Capitan: Encrypt the contents of your Mac with FileVault
    Mac Power Users #212: Networking - Relay FM

    Katie and David are joined by Bradley Chambers to discuss creating and maintaining a network, how to design, setup and configure a network and tips for optimizing and troubleshooting.

    Cloak VPN - Cloak - Super-simple VPN
    TunnelBear: Secure VPN Service
    Two-factor authentication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Two-factor authentication (also known as 2FA or 2-Step Verification) is a technology patented in 1984[1] that provides identification of users by means of the combination of two different components.

    Phishing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Phishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

    SpamSieve: Easy-to-use Mac spam filter for Apple Mail, Outlook, Airmail, Postbox, and more

    Save time by adding powerful spam filtering to the e-mail client on your Mac

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    Take Control of Your Digital Experience - Ghostery
    Little Snitch 3
    Two-Factor Authentication • Authy
    How to disable Notification Center on the Lock screen of your iPhone and iPad | iMore
    OS X: Encrypting Time Machine Backups - The Mac Observer
    OS X Security: Encrypting External Disks - The Mac Observer
    The Complete Guide to Locking Down Facebook Privacy for Good
    Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac
    How to uninstall Flash Player from your Mac | Macworld
    Should all locks have keys? Phones, Castles, Encryption, and You. - YouTube