{"id":8239,"date":"2023-01-18T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T03:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=8239"},"modified":"2023-01-20T16:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T05:29:40","slug":"protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting your new gear in the new year"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were fortunate enough to receive some tech gifts at Christmas or bought yourself a new computer or phone for back to work or school…getting them setup to be secure is an important step.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Installing a good internet security suite<\/a> is the best place to start (consider one with a built in VPN), then make sure all your programs or apps are up to date.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On a smartphone, also check what permissions<\/a> app have as many request access to data they don\u2019t really need.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then it just comes down to being safe with everyday use. \u00a0 Update your passwords to be more secure<\/a>…and don\u2019t use the same password across different accounts (I know you all do it!).<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you were fortunate enough to receive some tech gifts at Christmas or bought yourself a new computer or phone for back to work or school…getting them setup to be secure is an important step. Installing a good internet security suite is the best place to start (consider one with a built in VPN), then make sure all your programs[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[825],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-2"],"yoast_head":"\nProtecting your new gear in the new year - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protecting your new gear in the new year - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you were fortunate enough to receive some tech gifts at Christmas or bought yourself a new computer or phone for back to work or school…getting them setup to be secure is an important step. Installing a good internet security suite is the best place to start (consider one with a built in VPN), then make sure all your programs[Read More...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-18T03:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T05:29:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1329\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Wells\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andy Wells\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\"},\"headline\":\"Protecting your new gear in the new year\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-18T03:27:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-20T05:29:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":130,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/\",\"name\":\"Protecting your new gear in the new year - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-18T03:27:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-20T05:29:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1329},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Protecting your new gear in the new year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tech Daily with Andy Wells\",\"description\":\"Your daily fix of Consumer Technology - as heard on radio\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d\",\"name\":\"Andy Wells\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/techdailyradio\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/techdailyradio\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techdaily.com.au\\\/b2\\\/author\\\/administrator\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Protecting your new gear in the new year - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Protecting your new gear in the new year - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","og_description":"If you were fortunate enough to receive some tech gifts at Christmas or bought yourself a new computer or phone for back to work or school…getting them setup to be secure is an important step. Installing a good internet security suite is the best place to start (consider one with a built in VPN), then make sure all your programs[Read More...]","og_url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/","og_site_name":"Tech Daily with Andy Wells","article_author":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio","article_published_time":"2023-01-18T03:27:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-20T05:29:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1329,"url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andy Wells","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Wells","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/"},"author":{"name":"Andy Wells","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d"},"headline":"Protecting your new gear in the new year","datePublished":"2023-01-18T03:27:35+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-20T05:29:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/"},"wordCount":130,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/","url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/","name":"Protecting your new gear in the new year - Tech Daily with Andy Wells","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-18T03:27:35+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-20T05:29:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smartphonehub_2-770-scaled.jpg","width":2048,"height":1329},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/protecting-your-new-gear-in-the-new-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Protecting your new gear in the new year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/","name":"Tech Daily with Andy Wells","description":"Your daily fix of Consumer Technology - as heard on radio","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/#\/schema\/person\/e7055c2d78fb67aa20630476da3de45d","name":"Andy Wells","sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/techdailyradio","https:\/\/x.com\/techdailyradio"],"url":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/author\/administrator\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8239"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8262,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8239\/revisions\/8262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}