- None of these devices
are particularly large, nor are they expensive, but there's a reason I purchased
and used each one of them. And no, it's not just because
it makes me feel like- - James Bond. - If you consider yourself
even the slightest bit paranoid about your privacy and security, you're definitely gonna enjoy learning about these six little
known security tools that I use and recommend. (logo buzzes)
(logo pings) Welcome to All Things Secured. My name's, Josh. And here's a little known fact about me, while living as an ex-pat
in another country, local police ran across this
particular device in my home. And among many other
reasons became convinced that I was really a spy. (computer pings) Thankfully my life is
not that interesting, but some of my gadgets apparently are. So let me introduce you
to six of my favorite and explain how and
why I use each of them. - The first is a super cheap product that I bought off of Amazon. I don't know if you remember back in 2016 there was this picture of Mark Zuckerberg that made its rounds that
showed that even on his laptop, he had covered up both his
camera and his microphone with a piece of tape. You could do the same thing
just using a piece of tape, or you could get something
really cheap like this. You'll notice that I've got
one of these for my phone. I put it on my iPad and I even have one for
my webcam that I have. This is actually a plastic one
that's specifically designed for my Logictech webcam
on my desktop computer. But it basically ensures
that nobody is able to see me or have access to my cameras
unless I want them to. So I literally have to
take off the sticker or flip open that camera on the Logictech, that cover on my camera, in
order to use that camera. And it's just one of those
extra privacy measures to make sure that nobody's
able to just see me whenever they want to. Second is a data blocker. This little USB thing
is quite interesting. And it's meant to protect you from something known as Juice Jacking. If you've never heard of juice jacking; you know how when you go to
any of these public places and you wanna charge your phone and they've got the USB port
that you can just plug in? The problem is, is that our phones charge and do data transfer
using the same plugin. So you could plug in and
there are some of these places where you could actually
get malware or anything. They can even sometimes
download some of your stuff depending on your OS and
depending on how you have your phone configured just by
plugging into their USB port. So what this data blocker
does is it allows you to plug into here and then
straight into any USB port and now it blocks any data transfer. The only thing that this USB
now does is charge your device, whether that's your tablet or your phone. Again, these are super
cheap and I just keep these in my backpack wherever I'm going. So that way if I do need to
charge my phone or my tablet I just plug into this data blocker and then plug right into the wall. This third little piece is one you've heard me talk about
a lot, which is a 2FA key. Obviously you can use an app
for two factor authentication which is just that extra layer of protection beyond just your password. But a lot of a 2FA key
is actually a USB key, like what you see here. And what that means for me, now that a lot of stuff
is migrating over to USBC, is that I have to keep this
extra USBC dongle to make sure that I can plug into my
computer whenever I need it. Now thankfully, this
Yubico one also has an NFC, so I can tap it on my phone
and it will work like that. But I prefer this right here. This is the Yubico 5Ci. It has both USBC and
a Apple charging port. So I could plug it directly into my phone or into my iPad as well, or directly into my
computer with the USBC. So that way, and I keep
this on my key chain. That way I can plug it into any device and I don't have to worry about
any adapter to keep with me. Before I show you the
rest of these gadgets, which admit it, you're
enjoying this, aren't you? So just go ahead and hit
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security and privacy videos here on All Things Secured. All right, this next
one is one you probably don't see very often. And I have a specific use for it. This is the Aegis Secure Key. It looks very innocuous at first glance, but when you open it up you see that it's actually a hardware
encrypted USB flash drive. I have to type in a number
before plugging it in. Now you can use a USB to charge it but it won't actually do any data transfer until I type in my six-to-15
digit or six-to-16 digit, I'm not sure, code that I set for myself. There's so many really cool
security features with this. In addition to the fact that I can have this self-destruct PIN, where if I put in a certain
PIN it self-destructs. Or after 10 wrong tries, it
will automatically wipe it. But this just ensures that nobody who gets this device is able to get what's on it. It's very secure from
a hardware perspective. Whereas, you can't use any key
logger to figure out exactly what the PIN is because
you're not actually putting in the PIN from your computer. You're doing it from the
hardware device right here. Now this thing right here, I actually used to put in
what I call my Death File. My death file goes on here. That's the file that I
keep that has a backup of my passwords for... That I export from one
password and I put it on here as well as a copy of my
will and all these things. So that if I were to pass away, my wife knows that this device
is what she needs to get to in order to get all the files
and things that she needs. Or if both of us pass away, that stuff is located in
our will with my lawyer, so that they can also access this well. One of the cool new things
that I'm testing out and I'm using it on my phone; it integrates with one password which is my password manager that I use, is something known as
a Virtual Credit Card. Now I use something through privacy.com. You can sign up for a free account there that'll give you 12 different
virtual credit cards that you can use per month. Or if you do a Pro Plan,
you can get I think, 36 credit cards per month
on top of 1% cash back. That's not the reason I use it. What I use it for is
because virtual credit cards give you the opportunity to
create burner credit cards to create anonymous shopping, where I can shop and use a
different name and address than my actual name and address associated with that credit card. And I can even create merchant
specific credit cards. So for example, I've got one credit card that I specifically created for Netflix. I've put a cap of
$15-per-month that's allowed to be spent on that credit card. And the only time I use it is on Netflix. So if someone were to hack Netflix and find that credit card information, not only are they limited on what they could spend
on that credit card, but it's very easy for me to just shut that credit card down and
create a new virtual card. And I haven't really lost much privacy and there's not much risk. And so now I'm not spreading my actual credit card number
all across the internet along with my billing information. I really like this. This is something that I'm gonna be creating more videos on in the future, because I think this is huge. I think this is something
that's gonna help protect us a little bit more for our credit and a lot of the risk that's associated with online shopping. Finally, this may do not apply to everyone but for those of you who
are into cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum so on and so forth. I'm really starting to test
out cold storage, right? I've got this Ledger Nano S right here, as well as the "Trazor"
One or the Trezor One. I'm not sure exactly how they say it. I've been adding different
cryptocurrencies, very small amounts, as I test this out. But this is a really
interesting way to make sure that I am keeping control
of my cryptocurrency and I'm not putting all of
that risk into an exchange. What you may not realize is that unlike a bank
account that is FDIC insured, meaning that if someone
were to hack into that bank or if something were
to happen to your money in your savings account, it is
backed up by the government. Cryptocurrency doesn't have that. And there've been many cases where an exchange has gone down, or there's been a theft at
a cryptocurrency exchange, and everybody who had their
cryptocurrency kept there, lost all of the Bitcoin or the Ethereum or whatever they had was lost. And that's where cold storage is becoming more and more popular. And like I said, it's
somewhat relatively new to me. So I'm not going to comment too much on how it works or what
I think about it yet. But this is a new piece of technology that I'm starting to carry, not carry around with me,
but I am starting to use. And it's very fascinating and
very scary at the same time. If you've used cold storage before you know what I'm talking about. You just, you feel like you could lose. If you'd make any mistake,
could lose a lot of money. So what do ya think? I have affiliate links to each
of these devices and services in the description below. And I love learning
about fun, new gadgets. So if you think I'm missing
anything important here, don't just sit there, let me know what it is
in the Comments below; I wanna try it!
