Easy Prey16 Nov 2022

Security Planning with Consumer Reports with Amira Dhalla

Consumer Reports is known for the research and comparisons of products and services, but they also offer a free personalized security and privacy planner. Today's guest is Amira Dhalla. Amira is the Director of Impact Partnerships and Programs at Consumer Reports focusing on digital privacy and security. Amira works on projects that improve the cybersecurity and privacy products and tools on the marketplace while also tackling topics like discriminatory technologies, deceptive design, trust, and safety.

Show Notes:

[0:57] - Amira shares her background and her role at Consumer Reports.
[3:10] - The internet is incredible, but the quality isn't always what it should be.
[4:26] - Technology has expanded at an unprecedented rate.
[6:14] - Amira explains some of the fears that people had in different countries when learning about internet use.
[7:21] - Security Planner has been around for a long time and Consumer Reports brought it into their toolset a few years ago.
[9:29] - Constant updates as technology changes and trends emerge is crucial.
[11:19] - Consumer Reports studies tools people use. MFA is becoming much more commonly used.
[12:30] - MFA is also required by many organizations for their employees.
[13:40] - Password managers are not trending as more commonly used.
[14:14] - Amira shares Consumer Report's picks for password managers and VPNs.
[16:12] - Online shopping has increased since the pandemic and is prime time for scammers.
[17:31] - There are ways to be smarter online shoppers.
[19:45] - What is a Grinchbot?
[20:59] - Once you go to a third party site, you are no longer secure.
[23:07] - Amira describes some of the things to look for to determine if you are looking at a fake site.
[25:20] - Question yourself on why a site needs the information they are asking for.
[27:54] - Charity scams are a huge problem particularly during the holiday season.
[29:10] - Always go to the site you know directly.

Thanks for joining us on Easy Prey. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave a nice review.

Links and Resources:

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(329)

Job Recruiter Scams

Job hunting is hard enough without having to stop and ask whether the recruiter in your inbox is even real. My guest today, Jay Jones, ran into that problem firsthand after being laid off in December ...

24 Jun 35min

Bail Bonds Scams

Getting a call that someone you love has been arrested is scary enough. Getting that call from someone who sounds official, knows just enough to seem credible, and says you have to send money right aw...

17 Jun 36min

Confessions of a Fraudster

Technology keeps changing, but many of the most effective scams still come down to something very human: trust. My guest today is Tony Sales, co-founder of We Fight Fincrime and Underworld TV. Tony ha...

10 Jun 54min

Personal Safety

Scams and safety threats don't always announce themselves. Sometimes they start quietly, with a moment of distraction, a strange feeling you ignore, or a situation that shifts just enough to test whet...

3 Jun 43min

Data For Sale

Everyday conveniences ask for tiny pieces of information all the time like a phone number at checkout, a zip code at the register, an email address for a receipt, or a loyalty account for a small disc...

27 Mai 43min

Exploiting Psychology

Scams are often explained as a failure of judgment, but the truth is far more human. People are not fooled because they are foolish. They are manipulated at the exact moment emotion overrides logic, w...

20 Mai 45min

Investment Traps

Investment losses can be confusing because they do not always tell the whole story. Sometimes money is lost because the market has changed. Other times, an investor was sold something they did not und...

13 Mai 47min

Elder Exploitation

Aging parents often rely on the people closest to them for help, but what happens when that help becomes a way to take control? For Charles Wallace, the warning signs started small. His mother's fridg...

6 Mai 39min