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Caitlin Sarian

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The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

can all be scanned in a matter of seconds.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

And so I don't need to give my mom's maiden name as a security question because it's pretty easily accessible at this point.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

Like, again, my persona has like the same, I create a persona and I have like the same four or five security questions and I have like a whole like monologue in my head about like who this person is.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

And it's not, it seems a little difficult, but it's actually like, it gets fun.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

It's like a fun game you can play.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

Like I can be a completely different person online.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

Yes, without a doubt.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

The way that software updates work is usually the software has a hole in it, like a flaw, a vulnerability that hackers have been able to find.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

And the reason why a lot of software updates happen is to patch that hole.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

Say like, hey, we just found out that someone got in doing this.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

So we're going to patch that.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

And so they can't do that anymore.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

Really?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

I thought that they were updates because the software is getting better.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

It could be both, but you can now find out what the software update's about.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

So I just- When they say fix bugs, they mean holes that hackers got in.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

That's exactly what it is.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

And most of them, I don't know.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

I don't have the statistic, but I honestly think that like 90% of software updates are to fix some type of bug or vulnerability because hackers are getting so much better.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
#1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online (Starting Tonight)

And like, you're only as strong as your weakest link.