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While shooting the first celebrity series of Channel 4s Hunted I began to realise that our digital lives had reached a tipping point where the complexity of the technology and our knowledge of how to use it securely had diverged significantly. Bluntly, most people dont know how to use technology securely and this contributes to the stress of modern life. People worry that their data isnt secure but dont feel empowered to do anything about it. I decided to gather together into a single place as much information and guidance as I felt people needed to be able to confidently and securely use this amazing technology that has transformed our lives. This book is designed to help ordinary, everyday users of the Internet to improve their resilience against hackers and cyber attacks. The book is written in plain language for the non-technical user, offers step-by-step guidance and also suggests some more challenging techniques for the more technically adventurous. This highly readable and easy-to-follow book will help you confidently build privacy & resilience , without depleting your digital life. A renowned industry veteran who led the cyber team on the popular Channel 4 show Hunted, Paul offers a practical series of measures you can take to help protect you and your loved ones from hackers and stalkers. Covering a wide range of common apps and devices, How to Survive the Internet will show you in simple steps: how to discover and reduce your digital footprint, how to protect yourself when out and about, how to defend your home network from hackers, and what to do if you do get hacked , 'It's about time that someone stopped filling pages with cyber security jargon. So it's a relief that Paul has done just that and made the remedies to the on-line threats accessible to everyone with a smart phone, computer, or baby monitor.' Professor Danny Dresner, University of Manchester "Paul's down to earth writing style makes this book very readable for the non-techie who just wants to keep the risk of being hacked to a minimum without wading through the jargon." Ben Owen, former sniper, intelligence officer and Chief of Hunted HQ