You should always be able to make assessments based on risk.
The issue is that calculating the risk of being hacked isn't what you think it is (probably).
Most people look at the risk like this:
Why would a hacker target me? I'm nobody, I'm unimportant. This is just my fanfic account, if they want my smut, they can have it. If they want my spam mails from Amazon, they can have my email.
But that's not the actual risk.
So let's look at that together.
Let me start by asking you about your password.
How did you create it?
Do you use it anywhere else?
If it's generated by a password manager, is that password manager the one built into your browser?
How long is it?
When you added complexity to it, did you just add a 1 to the end? Your birth year? Maybe an underscore between words?
All of these things should be factoring into your risk calculation.
You can see my password advice and how easy it is to crack a password here.
So why the hell does this matter to the odds?
Let's say you use the browser-native password manager to create that password - what else could they potentially have access to, if they have that password? Your Google account? Do you have a banking app on your phone? Do you store your banking password in your browser-native password manager? What else is in there?
Risk isn't just inherent to the one thing that someone may have access to, it's lateral.
If someone gains access to one thing, what else can they gain access to?
Crowdstrike has a good summary of lateral movement here.
Effectively, any attacker, once they have access, may try to access other things - the higher the value, the higher the odds.
Do you value your banking information? Of course you do! So how can someone get from accessing your Gmail to your banking? Is the app installed on your Android phone? Is the password the same? Is the password stored in your Google password manager? All things you have to consider for risk.
I know what you're thinking: that's all well and good, but what are the actual odds someone's going to target me?
You specifically? Some random unknown person on the internet? A direct target on you yourself? Probably not that high, to be honest.
But that's not where the conversation ends.
Because you don't have to be the specific target to get hacked, you just have to be the easiest.
Let's look at an example: call centre scammers.
They have no idea who's calling them.
They didn't specifically put that fake virus message on your computer, they just put it out in the wild and let it go nuts. Whoever calls, calls.
It's the same for your online accounts and information.
A bad actor can obtain your login information from any given data breach on the dark web. (You can check haveibeenpwned to see if your email's been in a breach - if it has, change your password right away anywhere you use that password/email combination, and check your account activity/logins)
Which means that in a majority of cases, they already have your login information.
And not because you necessarily were the target, but because you were easy.
Also, you have to consider the version of something you're using.
I know we all hate updating our software.
Upgrading from Windows 10 to 11.
Installing that next update that gives the app a new look you just don't like, so you avoid it to keep the old look.
But hidden behind those updates are security patches, things that make your system more secure against attacks.
And if you're avoiding those updates and your computer is on the internet, someone can easily find you.
There's a whole-ass tool online out there that people can use to look for out of date systems.
Again, they're not targeting you, they're targeting the weakness that you're broadcasting to the world.
All it takes is one quick search and a random click on a red dot that happens to be your computer.
Update your computer, get a different operating system if you have to.
If you're not using your system for anything too heavy or Steam games, try something like Linux Mint or ZorinOS, which are designed to have a similar feel to more classic Windows experiences.
Get a password manager.
PC Mag has a list of free password managers for 2026 here, if you can't afford a paid version.
When considering risk, considering the odds that you specifically are the target, stop right there. And instead consider whether you are an easy target instead.
And FFS get MFA set up. If you don't want to use Google or Microsoft, Proton has one you can use.
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The security flaw affects Microsoft's widely-used Exchange email system, which powers the email of major corporations, small businesses and public bodies worldwide. Initially, the flaw was being exploited by a hacking group to gain remote access to email servers, from which it could steal sensitive data. But after Microsoft warned the world it had identified the problem, and urged all its users to download the latest security updates, other hacking groups quickly became familiar with the flaw. The result is a widespread free-for-all as multiple hacking groups all try to find unpatched email servers to attack.
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Hauwei has become world’s second largest company in technology industry after Samsung. However, Google has announced to restrict Huawei’s use of Android system. This means new Huawei smartphones will no longer have access to Google apps such as Google play and Maps and security updates. This action of restricting the use of Android, is to believed adter the Trump administration added Huawei to a list of companies that American firms cannot trade with without a licence (BBC News, 2019). At this stage Huawei declined to comment on this announcement by Google.
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