Ask any IT professional how many copies of an important file should exist and you will get the same answer: 3-2-1. Three copies. Two on different media or in different formats. One stored offsite. The rule has been the standard for digital preservation for two decades. Photographer Peter Krogh distilled it in The DAM Book … Read more
The call used to give itself away. A stranger’s voice. A story with a hole in it. A greeting that did not quite fit the person it claimed to be. For years, protecting an aging parent from phone scams meant teaching the old tells, and for years that mostly worked. It does not work now. … Read more
For twenty years, families taught each other one reliable defense against scam messages: look closely. The misspelled bank name. The odd phrasing. The greeting that says “Dear Customer” because the sender has no idea who you are. If something felt off, it probably was, and knowing how to spot phishing was a skill worth teaching … Read more
Frank does not think of himself as a crypto investor. Three years ago he bought a modest amount of Bitcoin through an exchange app on his phone: set up in an evening, recovery phrase on a sticky note, life carried on. The sticky note has since disappeared. The account still has value. His wife, Sarah, … Read more
You have probably had your mobile number longer than your current address. It sits on old forms, in doctors’ files, in a hundred contact lists. For most of its life, it was just a way to be reached. Somewhere along the way, without anyone deciding it, that number became something else: the master recovery key … Read more