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SafeCyberHome: Protect Your Family From Fraud, Identity Theft and Computer Hackers
oday we use the internet to shop, work, learn, and be entertained. At the same time, we leave a trail that others can use to steal from us, assume our identity to commit crimes in our names, and hack our computers. If you ever felt helpless because governments and corporations can’t protect themselves with all their resources, then this book is for you. The vast majority of fraud and cybercrime can be stopped with basic knowledge about how your data is collected and used against you. SafeCyberHome is a step-by-step guide in simple language that you can use to level the playing field:
Antivirus is necessary, but overrated, and you should almost never pay for it.
Passwords are easy to break and reusing them is a disaster. Also, the easy solution.
Freeze your credit instead of getting monitoring, alerts, locks and other nonsense.
Your children are downloading malware in exchange for free music, videos, and games.
Social Media is a treasure trove of information for thieves. Tips for safer usage.
You don’t access your bank or government accounts online, but criminals might.
Step-by-step computer, phone, and home network settings for better security.
Know the most common scams and their techniques, so you can see them coming.
Billy VanCannon has been in cybersecurity for fifteen years helping governments and corporations defend against fraud and cybercrime. While planning for his family’s future with college planning, wills, trusts, insurance, and retirement, he realized that he was not protecting his own family from the forces he fought daily at work. Billy found cybersecurity advice to be full of technical jargon, irrelevant to individuals, too fearful of government, and often written by people selling something. SafeCyberHome is the result of his years of experience and research to be safe in today’s online world.
Who this book is for: The obvious answer is anybody who uses a computer. However, while the book covers many technical aspects, a lot of fraud happens over the phone and a lot of identity theft happens because thieves find information on people by digging through the trash. This book is for young people to understand that the internet is forever, for older people who need to protect their nest eggs, all the remote workers who rely on technology for a living and everyone in-between. This is the definitive guide to data privacy and protection against hackers, scams, fraud, and identity theft.
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