Secure (Sort Of) Communication: A Guide to Not Being Totally Hacked

Step 1: Use a password that's not your cat's name. Or is it?

Step 2: Don't click on anything that says "FREE HAMSTER!"

Step 3: Only share your deepest fears and desires with people who don't have a history of using them as a reason to sell you life insurance.

Learn how to encrypt your deepest secrets so they don't end up in a chat log with a 14 year old in a server room.

Read about the dangers of using Emojis to convey sensitive information (Spoiler: they're not as secure as they look).

Remember: Secure communication is all about not being a chump. Stay vigilant, stay paranoid!

For the truly clueless, we have a special "Dummies" version of this page.

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