Lion Cipher Lab
Protect your digital life in an afternoon
- Foundations
- Beginner
- ~2-3 hours
- Free · no account required
Why it matters
Almost everything you care about -- money, photos, messages, your identity -- now lives behind a handful of logins and a couple of devices. You do not need to become a security expert to protect them; you need to do a short list of ordinary things once. This lab is that list, in the order that removes the most risk for the least effort: a password manager so one leaked site cannot unlock the rest of your accounts, a second lock on your email so a stolen password alone is not enough, a quick check of whether your details have already leaked, and the device basics -- updates, screen locks, app…
What you'll learn
- password managers
- unique passwords
- multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- passkeys
- checking for data breaches
- keeping devices updated
- screen locks and biometrics
- reviewing app permissions
- 3-2-1 backups
- credit freezes
Steps in this lab
- The plan: an afternoon that makes you measurably safer
- Turn on a password manager and give every account its own password
- Add a second lock (MFA) -- start with your email
- Find out if your details have already leaked
- Harden the device in your hand: updates and a screen lock
- Review what your apps are allowed to do
- Back up what you cannot lose -- and lock your credit as an option
- What you just did -- and how to keep it going