The Digital Self-Defense podcast is your fastest path to a safer digital life. Learn our three simple safety skills to stay ahead of the bad guys, protect what matters, and keep up with changes in technology - even AI.
Safety Skill 1: Protection Partners means building habits that help you pause and check with trusted people before making important digital decisions.
Safety Skill 2: Confident Awareness means knowing which threats matter most to you and learning how to face them with confidence.
Safety Skill 3: Master Keys means identifying which parts of your digital life unlock the most doors, then protecting them first and best.
You don't need to become a computer geek to defend yourself. Listen along as we focus on these 3 Safety Skills, practice them over time, and prepare for the digital threats of today and tomorrow.
Episode summary
Master Keys means identifying which parts of your digital life unlock the most doors, then protecting them first and best.
We've talked a lot about email as a Master Key, but there are many others. One of the most important is your password manager. In many ways, it is just as important as your email account, though for different reasons.
Despite its importance, most people don't give much thought to which password manager they use. They treat that decision the same way they would choose a password for a single website - do whatever is easiest. Like storing their passwords in Google Chrome. That's completely understandable. Most people have never been taught why a password manager deserves more careful consideration.
But that's exactly what I want to help change. I want you to build a habit of recognizing the Master Keys in your digital life and then take the time to think carefully about how you protect them. The more doors a key can unlock, the more attention it deserves.
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19 Jun 2026
110. Safety Skill 2 - Confident Awareness
Episode summary
Confident Awareness means knowing which threats matter most to you and learning how to face them with confidence.
Confident Awareness includes learning about the potential threats you may face, understanding your options for defending against them, and taking time to think about which threats are most relevant to you.
It's also a mindset. For many, this is the greatest obstacle they face. Here are 4 common problematic mindsets I will help you overcome:
Innocent Ignorance - You don't understand the threats you face, but only because you aren't aware they exist. Young children and older adults are often the most likely to fall into this category, but all of us experience this at different points.
Casual Complacency - You know there are things you should do to improve your online security, but you procrastinate and never quite take it seriously enough to make it happen.
Danger Denial - I don't think I've met a single person who believes the internet is a totally safe place. But I've met plenty who think they are too smart or too capable to ever get hacked or scammed.
Panicked Paralysis - You know how scary the internet can be, and you're willing to do whatever it takes to stay safe. But you get stuck when it's time to take action because it feels so overwhelming.
Most importantly, Confident Awareness is a decision. You decide that you are capable of defending yourself and you commit to taking the action to make it hapen.
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12 Jun 2026
109. Safety Skill 1 - Protection Partners
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Episode summary
Protection Partners means building habits that help you pause and check with trusted people before making important digital decisions.
The most fundamental, universal and powerful defenses against digital threats are humans you can trust. That has always been true, but recent advances in AI have raised the stakes in profound ways. As scams become more convincing and technology changes faster, we need trusted people around us who can help us slow down, think clearly, and make better decisions.
There are many different kinds of Protection Partners. The one we have mostly focused on is the first and most fundamental one: your Daily Protection Partner. This is someone who listens without judgement and supports you in your efforts to improve your digital self-defense skills. Hopefully they join you on the journey too.
One of my goals with this podcast is to be a Protection Partner to every one of my listeners. But not a Daily Protection Partner. My goal is to be your Digital Self-Defense Coach. I want to, over time, earn your trust, so that when you have a tough question about online security, I'm one of the people you know you can depend on.
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