AwarenessYour devices, car & home
Man-in-the-middle
Someone quietly sitting between you and the site you are using.
Understand it
An attacker places themselves between you and a service - on a hostile network, say - to read or change what passes. Proper encryption, the padlock and HTTPS, is the main defence.
How to spot it
Certificate warnings, a missing padlock on a login page, or “http” where you expect “https”.
Close the gap
- Enter sensitive details only on a site with a valid padlock (HTTPS).
- Never dismiss a certificate warning to press on.
- Avoid sensitive tasks on untrusted networks; use a VPN.
- On your own site, enforce HTTPS everywhere.
What to do about it
This is what your gadgets and network quietly give off. You can't silence all of it, but reviewing each device's privacy settings - and the device steps in your plan - pulls it back a long way.