My battery has been draining fast and there was a weird popup in Safari saying my phone was infected. I don't jailbreak and only use App Store apps. How would I even know if someone got in, and what should I check first?
Questions in VPN & Online Security
Says my account will be closed unless I verify within 24 hours. The address at the bottom looks real but the sender domain is odd. How do you tell if these are genuine?
Battery has been draining fast, there's an app I don't remember installing, and a couple of friends got weird messages from my number. Are there settings I can check myself before doing a full reset?
An email titled Account alert says I need to sign in to my Hotmail address to keep receiving messages. It looks fairly official. How do I tell whether it's really from Microsoft or a phishing attempt?
Every YouTuber I watch is sponsored by a VPN company, so I'm a bit skeptical. I browse, bank online and stream at home on my own Wi-Fi. Does a VPN do anything useful for someone like me, or is it mostly for public Wi-Fi?
Been reusing the same three passwords across everything for years, and after a data breach email last week I finally want to fix that. Needs to work on an iPhone, a Windows laptop and my wife's Android. Free or paid, I just want something solid that won't lock us out. What's everyone using?
Got a notice that my email was in a data breach, and a day later I couldn't sign in at all. Password changed, recovery phone and backup email changed too. The same password was used on a couple of shopping sites. What's the right order of things to do now, and what should I lock down first?
Getting a new phone next week. Half my accounts use Microsoft Authenticator for codes. How do I move everything across without locking myself out of something?