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10 things to avoid posting on social media – and why

10 things to avoid posting on social media – and why

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10 things to avoid posting on social media – and why

Do you often take to social media to broadcast details from your life? Here’s why this habit may put your privacy and security at risk.

Phil Muncaster26 Feb 2024


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Is your LinkedIn profile revealing too much?

Is your LinkedIn profile revealing too much?

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Is your LinkedIn profile revealing too much?

How much contact and personal information do you give away in your LinkedIn profile and who can see it? Here’s why less may be more.

Daniel Cunha Barbosa16 Nov 2023


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Fake friends and followers on social media – and how to spot them

Fake friends and followers on social media – and how to spot them

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Fake friends and followers on social media – and how to spot them

One of the biggest threats to watch out for on social media is fraud perpetrated by people who aren’t who they claim to be. Here’s how to recognize them.

Phil Muncaster06 Oct 2023


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5 free OSINT tools for social media

5 free OSINT tools for social media

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5 free OSINT tools for social media

A roundup of some of the handiest tools for the collection and analysis of publicly available data from Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms

Martina López31 May 2023


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Using Discord? Don’t play down its privacy and security risks

Using Discord? Don’t play down its privacy and security risks

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Using Discord? Don’t play down its privacy and security risks

It’s all fun and games until someone gets hacked – here’s what to know about, and how to avoid, threats lurking on the social media juggernaut

Márk Szabó03 May 2023


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Cleaning up your social media and passwords: What to trash and what to treasure

Cleaning up your social media and passwords: What to trash and what to treasure

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Cleaning up your social media and passwords: What to trash and what to treasure

Give your social media presence a good spring scrubbing, audit your passwords and other easy ways to bring order to your digital chaos

Thomas Uhlemann06 Apr 2023


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Staying safe on OnlyFans: The naked truth

Staying safe on OnlyFans: The naked truth

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Staying safe on OnlyFans: The naked truth

How content creators and subscribers can embrace the social media platform without (overly) exposing themselves to the potentially toxic brew of NSFW content and privacy threats

Jake Moore and André Lameiras28 Mar 2023


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What TikTok knows about you – and what you should know about TikTok

What TikTok knows about you – and what you should know about TikTok

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What TikTok knows about you – and what you should know about TikTok

As TikTok CEO attempts to placate U.S. lawmakers, it’s time for us all to think about the wealth of personal information that TikTok and other social media giants collect about us

Roman Cuprik24 Mar 2023


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Twitter ends free SMS 2FA: Here’s how you can protect your account now

Twitter ends free SMS 2FA: Here’s how you can protect your account now

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Twitter ends free SMS 2FA: Here’s how you can protect your account now

Twitter’s ditching of free text-message authentication doesn’t mean that you should forgo using 2FA. Instead, switch to another – and, indeed, better – 2FA option.

Roman Cuprik20 Mar 2023