4 Simple Steps to Avoid Falling Victim to All-Too-Frequent Data Breachesby@techlooter
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4 Simple Steps to Avoid Falling Victim to All-Too-Frequent Data Breaches

by Andrej Kovacevic4mOctober 14th, 2019
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Every data breach brings millions of users closer to a digital reckoning they'd rather avoid. With the average American maintaining up to 130 online accounts at any given time, everyone's at risk. Reusing passwords and reusing usernames is almost as effective a defense as using different passwords. Turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) and stop using your main email address for signups. The bottom line is that once you get things under control, it's very easy to keep them under control.

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