Foundations: mindset & core habits

How the internet and attackers really work, and the handful of habits that stop most attacks.

A plain-English mental model of who's after your data and why.

The short list that does most of the work.

Why most attacks aren't aimed at you — and why that's good news.

Plain-English definitions for the words that scare people off.

Why your "boring" accounts are valuable, and what privacy really means.

A simple way to decide where to focus your effort first.

How to harden your life without locking yourself out of it.

The one reflex that defeats scams that don't even exist yet.