Super Simple Security Principles
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After October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer provide free updates or fixes for the many bugs found each month in Windows 10. That means it's time to make a hard decision.
Option 1: Do what Microsoft recommends and upgrade to Windows 11. There's many good and valid reasons not to, and my personal plan is to avoid it for hopefuly 5 years still.
Option 2: Pay Microsoft $30 for one year more of fixes, then upgrade to W...
If you shop at Amazon much, you've seen a lot of weird brands. I just searched for juggling balls, and here's a sample of the brands it showed: Duncan, Zeekio, POITOI, Schylling, GloFX, Elcoho, Leitee, GoSports, Lawei, URATOT, Cedilis, DSJUGGLING, speevers.
Have you ever wondered why? If not, now's the time to consider it, because the way Amazon does business has massive implications for every American.
The short versi...
Have you ever looked at a supposed sale price on Amazon, and wondered if it was real? Wonder no longer!
There's an awesome tool with a funny name - CamelCamelCamel. You just copy the internet address from the item you're looking at on Amazon, and paste it into CamelCamelCamel.com, and you get a detailed price history.
To make it even easier, you can add a special "bookmarklet" that you can click on whenever you're on a...
After recording nearly 80 episodes, I've learned a lot about how I like to teach. So it's time for my next experiment.
I want to try again to make episodes of about 10 minutes. I want it easier for you to find what you're looking for, and catch up on just the parts that are of greatest value to you.
I also want more flexibility, so we are dropping the opening questions, and the call to actions will only happen sometime...
What is Makani's most used online shopping tool?
What are 2 key features it provides?
What 3 subscription problems does it fix?
Episode summaryPrivacy.com offers super powered Privacy Cards that you can use to shop online. You create a unique Privacy Card for each business, then pause and set a spending limit for each card as needed.
No mor...
Check #1 - Is the website less than a year old?
Check #2 - What does Trustpilot say?
Questions we answer in this episodeWhy does this check sometimes get skipped?
What’s one super simple way to spot a fake shopping site?
Why might a scammer want you to contact them?
Which red flags in a reply should make you walk away?
Episode summaryThe third item on our Safe Website Checkli...
Episode on Safe Website Checklist Item #1
Questions we answer in this episodeWhat is Trustpilot?
How did they help Makani identify a highly enticing scam?
How can you use Trustpilot to help you stay safe while shopping online?
When does Makani use Trustpilot?
Episode summaryTrustpilot helped me avoid a scam for a bogus body scale, called Body Pod and sold by Hume Health.
Trustpilot is a fabulous, indepe...
Don't Let Websites Send You Notifications
Give Every Website a Unique Email
Questions we answer in this episodeWhat bad stuff can happen when you are browsing a new shopping website?
How has browser safety changed over the years?
What are 4 rules to stay safe while browsing the web?
Episode summaryBrowsing the web today is safer than it's ever been, as long as you're not doing anything shady.
To stay as...
Kem humbly shares his "epic fail" (his words, not mine!) story so we can all learn from his mistakes. As the story opens, Kem searches for a nice picture of Wellington, New Zealand for his wife's computer wallpaper.
As he was speeding along, he accidentally clicked yes on a popup he shouldn't have, giving some malware backdoor access to his computer. As it tried to spread farther through another popup, he realized his...
What's the first skill we need to stay safe shopping online?
What are the two buckets of bad shopping websites?
What are the two buckets of phishing websites?
What is the first item on our "safe website" checklist?
Episode summaryA vital skill in staying safe while shopping online is knowing how to tell if a website is safe. You need to be on...
What are the 6 layers in the Bulletproof Stack Formula?
How are they grouped?
What are the most neglected layers?
Episode summaryThere are 6 types of layers we can review to help us build a Security Stack. They help us build redundancy into our Security Stack. Yes, that's a good thing! We want as many layers of defense as we can to keep the b...
Seven Critical Router Security Settings
Questions we answer in this episodeWhat are the 5 questions in the Bulletproof Stack Formula?
How do they help us?
Episode summaryThere are 5 questions we can ask to help us build a Security Stack. These questions help to ensure that our Security Stack is relevant.
This means there is a legitimate threat that I care about, and I'm will...
What are the 4 phases in a Security Stack?
How do they help us?
Which one is the most important?
Episode summaryThe 4 phases of a Security Stack are: Learn, Prevent, Detect, and Repair. This parallels how an attack affects us over time.
We want to Learn about an attack before it hits us, and ideally Prevent it from succeeding. But just in case...
4 Strategies for Picking Your Priorities
Questions we answer in this episodeWhat does Makani love building?
What is a Security Stack?
How do you build one?
What is the twist on our usual Call-to-Actions for this series?
Episode summaryA Security Stack is a piece of your Personal Security Plan focused on a specific area. It is comprised of layers of protection that work together to keep you safe.
You bui...
What is the 4P formula?
What are 4 strategies for picking your priorities?
What is the theme of our new series of episodes?
How many episodes do you think it will take Makani to finish it?
Episode summaryThere's a lot of ways you can improve your online security. But where should you begin? It can be a daunting question to answer.
Picking your priorities goes a long way. There are 4 simple strategies y...
Why is Makani sharing his story?
What is a domain name registrar?
What is whois data?
How can it help me stay safe online?
Episode summaryA domain name is what we think of as a website - facebook.com or makanimason.com. In order to have your own domain, you need to pay some money and share some personal informati...
Episode 62, Even a Security Expert Can Get Phished (Troy Hunt, Part 1)
Episode 17, Eliminating Email Exhaustion - Part 2 - Unique Emails
Episode 42, Website and Email Filtering, Part 3: Email Friends
Questions we answer in this episodeWho is to blame for Troy getting phished?
How can you reliably tell who sent you an email?
How can you cut down your email spam?
What are two major flaws in our email syst...
Who is Troy Hunt?
How did he get phished?
What are some lessons we can learn from his story?
Who will we be inviting as a guest to the podcast?
Episode summaryTroy Hunt, a security expert, got phished. He clicked a link in an email, and entered his password into a fake website.
The hackers logged into his Mailchimp account that he uses to send his email newsletter. They stole the email addresses of all...
What is the website, ID.me used for?
What are the two PIN numbers used in filing your taxes?
How can I get an identity protection (IP) PIN?
What does it mean (in online security) to plant your flag?
Episode summaryWhen filing your taxes, there are 2 different PINs you might use. The first is called your self-select PIN. It's 5 digits long, and pointless.
The second is called an Identity Protection (IP)...
What is a DDoS attack?
What social media platform was recently the target of a DDoS attack?
How can your home network be impacted by one?
What can you do to protect your home network?
Episode summaryDDoS attacks are growing faster than the squash in my garden - seriously, it's wild!
The slaves in the army? Devices quietly hijacked by hackers.
There are millions of them scattered around the globe...
And y...
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