The Hasie Blog
The Hasie Blog
Practical guidance on staying safe, staying confident, and making sense of the technology around you.
Your Facts Aren't Secrets
The questions guarding your identity are ones anyone who knows you can answer.
Someone You Met Online Wants You to Invest With Them. Read This First.
These situations don't happen to people who weren't paying attention. They happen to people who were. Here's what to know before you do anything else.
The Words Were Designed to Confuse You
Tech jargon isn't accidental. The confusion it creates is real, predictable, and exploitable. Here's what they actually mean, and the questions to ask when you hear them.
The Toll Violation Text Is a Trap. Here Is How It Works.
A text message says you owe a small amount for an unpaid toll. The link looks official. The amount is low enough that paying feels easier than questioning it. That's exactly the point.
Your Bank Says It Will Never Ask for Your Password. Then Why Does It?
Banks send warnings about phishing while leveraging processes that make you vulnerable to phishing. Here's how to tell the difference between security that protects you and security that just looks like it does.
Why the Scam Felt Real
You weren't fooled because you're careless.
NIST Is Right. It's Also Not Built for You.
Standard security guidance tells everyone to treat every account the same. That's technically correct and practically useless. Here's a better way to think about it.
The Second Lock on Your Front Door
Multi-factor authentication sounds like something IT people invented to make your life harder. It wasn't. Here's what it actually is, why it matters, and how to stop dreading it.
AI Won't Replace You. But Someone Using AI Might.
One of the biggest misconceptions being pushed right now is that AI is the future, full stop.