Reducing personal security risks, with Philip Grindell

Today's Guest:

Philip Grindell has worked as a Metropolitan Police specialist detective, a Counter Terrorist Security Coordinator, and ran the Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation Team following the assassination of Jo Cox MP.

Philip joins me to discuss the trends in personal security risks, how the internet is being used to target people, and the steps you can take to keep your data secure online.

We also talk about ways people can reduce their personal risks in public, how females are being targeted differently than men, and how best to respond to potentially dangerous encounters.

Connect with Philip here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-grindell-fixatedthreatspecialists

You'll learn:

• How social media can be used to target people.
• The damage data breaches can have on individuals.
• How to keep your personal data secure.
• How females are targeted differently from men.
• Steps you can take to reduce your risk in public.
• How best to respond to potentially dangerous encounters.

Resources:

• Defuse Global
• Londongrad Podcast
• The Rest Is Politics
• The Online Bodyguard
• Slip Safety Services

In this episode, we talk about:

[2:35] What it's like being responsible for the safety of parliament.

[9:29] How social media can be used to target people.

[10:31] Why having anonymity on social media is important.

[15:06] The amount of our personal data that is accessible online.

[16:05] The damage fake profiles can have on your reputation.

[18:05] How criminals access personal data.

[21:48] How to see how vulnerable you are online.

[22:36] The consequences of having your personal data breached.

[27:26] The importance of having a separate phone number for personal use and business use.

[30:58] How to reduce your risk of being a victim of a snatch robbery.

[33:40] How females are targeted differently from men.

[39:50] How to assess personal risks in public.

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Quotables:

• 21:35 - "I just think sometimes we give away our information too freely we don't know where it is we don't know who's got it and as I said Apple has been hacked, and if Apple can get hacked, and if Microsoft can get hacked, they can all get hacked. They're hacking them because they want our data and so that data goes on the dark web."
• 38:00 - "Trust your instincts, if something doesn't seem right, trust your instincts."
• 42:56 - "Trust your gut in every scenario, because even if you were wrong about those scenarios in a safety environment, it's better to be wrong and alive than right and dead."

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