Security
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How Your Online Behaviour May be Impacting Your Insurance Coverage
What if your insurer was tracking your online data to price your car insurance? Seems far-fetched, right? Yet there is predictive value in the digital traces we leave online. And insurers may use data collection and analytics tools to find our data and use it to price insurance services. For instance, some studies have found…
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4 Ways to Boost Your Security Online
On Feb. 8, technology companies, educators and others mark Safer Internet Day and urge people to improve their online safety. Many scholars and academic researchers are studying aspects of cybersecurity and have identified ways people can help themselves stay safe online. Here are a few highlights from their work. 1. Passwords are a weakness With…
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Don’t Use These Common Passwords, Like Ever
NordPass has revealed the most commonly used passwords in Australia and if yours is on this list please go and change it.
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6 Ways You’re Risking The Security Of Your Gadgets Without Thinking
We all want our tech to stay secure, but we also want a life that’s easy and convenient — and sometimes the two don’t fit together all that well. These are some of the ways you’re putting your devices at risk, perhaps without even realising it, and what you can do to stop it.