10 Protecting Oneself in the Digital and Physical Realm

“This time, it’s personal!”

In action films, crime is never transient. A cruel twist of fate pits the protagonist against a sprawling drug syndicate or a sinister government agency determined to pursue its enemies to the farthest reaches of the world. The only way for our hero to survive is to turn the tables and strike back at the evildoers, delivering a devastating and well-timed blow just as all hope appears to be lost.

In real life, criminal victimization is common, but this sort of single-minded pursuit of particular targets is not. Instead, almost all crime is opportunistic. A ...

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