Privacy & Security Tips: How to Protect Your Family From Email Phishing

FAMILY TIPS ✅ AI requires data. Lots of data. And some bad actors will seek to steal and sell this information, which is why phishing has become a worse headache. How to ensure you are in control...

*Phishing* is when a bad actor lures an unsuspecting user into clicking on an email link (or any other link) and unleashing a virus or other cybersecurity issue that is a crime and can leader to further fraud.

Sometimes the repercussions are smallish (i.e., spamming one’s friends). Sometimes one clicks on a phishing email unleashes a severe, debilitating ransomware attack (i.e., shut down an entire organization until a ransom is paid).

In all cases the impact is damaging; and the threat of phishing has gotten exponentially worse in recent years. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security even called it out in its 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment report.

A few key reasons why this is happening with increased frequency and impact:

• More sophisticated trickery available in age of AI. Artificial intelligence can help bad actors create increasingly accurate and compelling email content to dupe individuals.

• We live larger percentage of our lives online. As we spend more of our lives tied to our…