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Can better advice keep you safer online?

  • Written by Elissa Redmiles, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of Maryland
imageWho's giving you advice?Advice via shutterstock.com

Many Americans are worried about their online privacy and security. And rightly so: Nearly half of Americans have encountered at least one serious problem with online safety.

There are a wide range of potential problems: Some people fall victim to criminally malicious attackers who steal personal...

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