Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Carey Parker of Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons. This highly practical episode covers a broad range of cybersecurity topics: antivirus software, email hygiene, medical privacy, preparing a device for disposal, IPv6, gauging website security, planting flags, signing in with Google and Apple, family privacy, and other digital privacy tips and tricks.

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Timeline

0:00 – Introduction
1:01 – More important: security or privacy?
6:34 – What is asymmetric encryption and hashing?
12:40 – Should we use an antivirus?
17:55 – Email hygiene
21:58 – How to deal with newsletter subscriptions
24:10 – Can websites detect pasted text even if we don’t press “submit”?
27:02 – How to protect our medical privacy
30:38 – Rapid fire
34:18 – How to prepare a device for sale or disposal?
37:06 – How often should we restart devices?
38:48 – How to handle IPv6?
42:28 – How to gauge website reputation and security
46:08 – Planting flags
50:13 – Should we sign in with Google or Apple?
53:34 – Family privacy
56:42 – Final thoughts