So your living room may still have wrapping paper on the floor and it was easy to unwrap those gifts and forget to set them up correctly. Use the following settings and practices to make your new gadgets run privately and securely:
- Set up privacy settings that can help you locate your new, missing devices, like “Find my…”
- Physical privacy can be improved with a privacy screen protector, so you won’t have eavesdroppers sitting or standing next to you tuning in.
- Set up anti-malware software on your new devices.
- Clean the data off your old devices and recycle them.
- With new computers, tablets, and TVs, disable ads and tracking.
- Set strong passwords/passphrases, PINs, and multi-factor authentication.
- Turn on backups!
- Use Brave or Vivaldi.
These are indispensable actions. I hope you had a great Christmas!