[This part 4 of a multi-part series – start here.] Now that we’ve painstakingly archived our online email history, it’s time to carefully protect it before we delete the online copies. Locating Your Profile Folder Assuming you used Thunderbird, it’s pretty easy to back up all of your emails (and contacts and anything else you […]
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For years, we’ve been depositing personal data into online accounts. And while it sits there, it’s not just stored – it may be analyzed, correlated, shared, monetized or leaked. It may be time to withdraw that data and put it somewhere safer. Let’s start with some of the oldest online data: email. Postcards, Not Letters
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Spring has sprung! And right now is an excellent time to clean up your digital devices. Subtraction Makes You Safer When we think about improving security and privacy, we tend to add things: password managers, VPNs, encrypted communication apps. But one of the most effective ways to protect yourself is much simpler: remove what you
