8 examples of bad security advice that you can safely ignore

stapp · Dec 18, 2022

There’s a lot of security advice floating around the web. A lot. While much of it is solid and will help you improve your security posture, you’ll occasionally encounter advice that is not so good. For example, it’s not uncommon to see articles presenting outdated recommendations or theoretical security risks that have been blown out of proportion. And, in some instances, the information is just plain wrong.

Here are eight examples of bad security advice that you can safely ignore.
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https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/43213/8-examples-of-bad-security-advice-that-you-can-safely-ignore/

Jan Willy · Dec 19, 2022

Even the on that site promoted Emsisoft isn't needed. Just ignore the advice to use it.

Rasheed187 · Dec 19, 2022

Well, I thought it was quite an interesting article, thanks. Especially the one about WIFI was a good reminder that HTTPS is quite important. And using 2FA is of course more important than to keep changing passwords.

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