9. Ninja Tricks

“I think it’s better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don’t corrupt each other, so to speak.”

—ZOOEY DESCHANEL

You don’t have to be a hacker to use advanced tricks and techniques to secure your data and lock your privacy down tighter than the average person does. There’s quite a bit of privacy and security kung fu you can do to protect yourself that doesn’t require technical acumen (though if you want to get technical, there are plenty of options for you to take your privacy and security as far as possible).

One of the things repeated in information-security circles is that people don’t want to sacrifice convenience for security, and this is the source of many headaches for companies that want ...

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