TV true-crime avenger and former prosecutor Nancy Grace does not want you or anyone you love to end up on one of her productions. Plus, her best advice for protecting yourself online. To be safe, I want to know I am doing everything I can to protect myself and my family.
Long story short, I want to know how to stay safe. When I began covering cases and reporting on crimes, I kept an investigative element where I would continue to investigate them on air. But more and more, I longed to actually try to make a difference. Writing the book helped me do that. I wanted to not just report on crimes but actually help people prevent crimes.
MC: With working from home and quarantining, we are increasingly living online. Does being socially distanced make us safer? Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more. There is going to be a light at the end of the tunnel. MC: You say going with your gut instinct is harder, in a digital world, for people who always wear headphones and think the best way to meet someone is through an app.
How can digital natives stay safe? NG: I think that we are so desensitized to everything around us. When you meet people in person, you assess them in ways that I cannot even articulateβfrom the way they look, their shoes, their clothes, their hands, the way they speak, their mannerisms, their habits.
Are they rude? Do they drink too much? Do they smoke? Do they do drugs? Are they arrogant? Are they mean to the waitress? You see what that person wants you to see. The next thing, they somehow have gotten their hand into your digital wallet or purse. Now, does that happen all the time? She suggests that, at home, you should focus on your wireless router since it allows multiple devices around your house to connect without being plugged in to a socket. Evildoers spend time sweeping the Internet just to find unsecured cameras and cameras that are still using the original user code and password, according to Grace.
