Security
Identity theft prevention, dark web monitoring, breach recovery, and keeping your online accounts safe.
22 articles
How to Protect Yourself From SIM Swap Attacks
A 2026 guide to preventing SIM swap attacks. Learn how SIM swapping works, how to lock your carrier account, and what to do if you're targeted.
How to Safely Use Public Wi-Fi
Learn how to safely use public Wi-Fi at coffee shops, hotels, and airports. VPN tips, network hygiene, and how to protect your data on untrusted networks.
How to Check If Your Information Is on the Dark Web
Worried your data has leaked? Here's how to check the dark web for your email, passwords, and personal information—plus what to do if you find something.
How to Prevent Doxxing Before It Happens
Doxxing can destroy careers and endanger lives. Learn the step-by-step techniques privacy experts use to prevent your real identity from ever being exposed online.
Privacy Risks of Smart Home Devices
Your smart speakers, doorbells, and appliances are collecting more data than you think. Here's what they know, who sees it, and how to protect yourself.
What to Do If You Are Being Doxxed
Your information is out. Here's exactly what to do in the first 24 hours and beyond to minimize harm, gather evidence, and reclaim your safety.
How to Protect Elderly Family Members From Identity Theft
Learn how to protect elderly family members from identity theft with practical security steps, common warning signs, and trusted resources for seniors.
Is It Legal for Data Brokers to Sell Your Information?
Find out whether data brokers can legally sell your personal information, what privacy rights you have today, and how new state laws are shifting things.
What to Do If Your Email Has Been Hacked
Your complete step-by-step action guide for when your email account gets hacked. Learn the key warning signs, recovery steps, and prevention strategies.
How to Create a Strong Password
Learn the latest best practices for creating strong passwords in 2026, using password managers, and adopting passkeys to keep all your accounts fully secure.
What Is Dark Web Monitoring and Do You Need It?
Learn what dark web monitoring actually does, how it works, what it can and can't detect, and whether it's worth paying for in 2026.
How to Protect Your Privacy After a Data Breach
Step-by-step action plan for protecting yourself after a data breach, from changing passwords to freezing credit and monitoring for fraud.
How to Use a VPN to Protect Your Privacy
Learn what a VPN does and doesn't protect, how to choose the right VPN, and how to use it effectively for maximum online privacy.
What to Do If Your Identity Is Stolen
Discover the essential steps to take immediately if your identity is stolen, from FTC reports to credit freezes and long-term recovery.
How to Secure Your Social Media Accounts
A platform-by-platform guide to locking down your social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and TikTok in 2026.
How to Check If Your Password Has Been Leaked
Learn how to check if your passwords have been exposed in data breaches using free tools, and what to do if your credentials are compromised.
How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication Everywhere
Learn how to enable two-factor authentication on every major platform and why it's the single most effective step you can take to protect your accounts.
How Data Brokers Get Your Information
Discover the 9 key ways data brokers collect your personal information — from public records and loyalty programs to mobile apps and online sweepstakes.
What Information Do Data Brokers Have About You
Data brokers collect up to 3,000 data points per person. Learn exactly what they know about you, how they get it, and what you can do about it.
How to Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams
Learn to spot phishing emails, texts, and calls before they trick you. Includes red flags, real examples, and what to do if you fall victim.
How to Freeze Your Credit at All Three Bureaus
Free step-by-step guide to freezing your credit at Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, and lesser-known bureaus to prevent identity theft.
How to Prevent Identity Theft
Essential steps to protect yourself from identity theft in the digital age.