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<blockquote data-quote="Logethica" data-source="post: 541321" data-attributes="member: 53555">I voted:Multi-Layered SecurityTraffic Filtering (which I was surprised did not have more votes)I know that protection from &quot;data leakage&quot; depends entirely on the specific data that one is referring to... but as somebody that is conscious of the amount of data leaked from my system to M$,I find that the blocking/filtering of traffic is an excellent way to minimise/prevent these leaks.Sadly,most &quot;data leakage&quot; is done voluntarily by the user... and no amount of security software can make someone cleverer.I am not a fan of 2FA as I consider its benefits overrated,and I also believe that it could put novice users at greater risk.One has a lot more security on a PC than a phone,and despite the fact that a code sent by text has a short expiry-time IMO the very fact that 2FA exists increases the potential attack-surface for phishing.There is already an increase in Smishing campaigns,and a novice user that has become accustomed to receiving texts saying that their e-mail/or other account has been recently breached/accessed, or a password needs verification is IMO at greater risk than those that do not use 2FA but instead use complex,frequently changed single passwords.Sometimes more is less IMO..A key held by one security guard for 24 hours a day is not as easy to steal as a key that is held by 2 security guards for 12 hours at a time..There are 2 people to find a flaw in instead of 1 ,plus a hand-over that can be compromised.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Logethica, post: 541321, member: 53555"] I voted: [B]Multi-Layered Security Traffic Filtering[/B] (which I was surprised did not have more votes) I know that protection from "data leakage" depends entirely on the specific data that one is referring to... but as somebody that is conscious of the amount of data leaked from my system to M$,I find that the blocking/filtering of traffic is an excellent way to minimise/prevent these leaks. Sadly,most "data leakage" is done voluntarily by the user... and no amount of security software can make someone cleverer. I am not a fan of 2FA as I consider its benefits overrated,and I also believe that it could put novice users at greater risk. One has a lot more security on a PC than a phone,and despite the fact that a code sent by text has a short expiry-time IMO the very fact that 2FA exists increases the potential attack-surface for phishing. There is already an increase in Smishing campaigns,and a novice user that has become accustomed to receiving texts saying that their e-mail/or other account has been recently breached/accessed, or a password needs verification is IMO at greater risk than those that do not use 2FA but instead use complex,frequently changed single passwords. Sometimes more is less IMO.. A key held by one security guard for 24 hours a day is not as easy to steal as a key that is held by 2 security guards for 12 hours at a time.. There are 2 people to find a flaw in instead of 1 ,plus a hand-over that can be compromised. [/QUOTE]

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