Chapter 18
Securing Your Chromebook
IN THIS CHAPTER
Protecting your Chromebook from thieves and eavesdroppers
Keeping hackers out of your Chromebook
Managing and protecting your login credentials
Controlling who can access your Chromebook
Resetting your Chromebook back to factory settings
Evil abounds in the world, and it takes many forms. In the context of computers and the Internet, countless cybercriminal organizations, gangs, and lone hackers lurk with the intention of pilfering, stealing, defacing, and destroying — for profit, for enjoyment, and because they can. Doubtlessly, you’ve heard about breaches, small and large, and ransomware, viruses, and other plagues and calamities.
The good news is that you have a Chromebook! Chromebooks are not targeted the way Windows, Macs, Android phones, and iPhones are. Chromebooks themselves are quite secure and are fitted with the latest safeguards. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to be careful. Cybercriminals have many ways to try ...
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