Our devices are a key part of any security strategy. They can contain deeply sensitive data, and it's crucial that they stay safe and private. As such, we will look at a couple of topics in this unit: How to use device passcodes and passwords to make sure that an adversary cannot easily access our devices Best practices for staying safe if we need to share our devices with others, for example family members More advice on simple steps we can take to keep our devices safe Encryption, how to enable it on your devices What our mobile devices know about our locations, and how to keep our location data reasonably safe

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