#201: Never Write Your Own Encryption Code (part 2)

Today we continue our discussion of security, concentrating this week on our own security. We talk about our use of two-factor authentication, password managers, full-disk encryption, backups, and Charles’ recent experiments with a VPN.

Release Notes 2017

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Show Notes and Links

• 1Password – Joe’s password manager of choice
• LastPass – Charles’ password manager of choice
• Use FileVault to encrypt the startup disk on your Mac
• Username/Password Needs to be Taken out to Back and Shot in the Head – Joe has strong feelings about passwords
• Working with FileVault Encryption – Instructions for encrypting external backup drives with FileVault
• Don’t Dismantle Online Privacy – The ACLU on a proposal to allow ISPs to sell customer browsing data
• Whole Home VPN with an Asus Router – Charles’ experience in connecting his home router to a VPN
• Segregating IoT Devices on an Isolated Network – Charles’ experience in placing all his IoT devices on a separate VLAN

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