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A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations

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WIRED senior writer and security expert Matt Burgess spoke with readers in a Reddit AMA this month about the basics of keeping your digital footprint locked down.

Make sure that multifactor authentication is turned on for as many online accounts as possible.

Other quick and relatively straightforward changes you can make are to use privacy-friendly browsers and search engines.

Would you recommend against having a device like Alexa in your home? Or are there particular products or steps you can take to make a smart device more secure? The amount of data that AI companies have—and continue to—hoover up really bothers me.

For the everyday person, I’d warn them not to enter personal details or sensitive business information!.