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Thanks Linda.

In the age of AI, it's probably best to do what you're doing, access sensitive information from only one device. And in all cases, use two-factor authentication.

Authentication keys are also increasing in popularity. Apple has one and it only allows access to an account from a fingerprint scan. It's a good idea to use this biometric account access wherever it is available. But like all things, verify its safety first.

Joe

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@heyjoe415 While all of this is great security bells and whistles, older people (we are talking 80-year-olds here), are increasingly frustrated by all of this. It's no wonder that we/they become increasingly alienated and easily targeted by fraud and scams. Trust - believing what we are seeing (taking the time to check the URL carefully, spelling, proper grammar, going to the actual URL on one's own) has become increasingly more time consuming. I think that goes along with depending on Dr AI and Dr Google as well as some of the things we hear on the news based on nonscientific ideas. Here on Connect, we are very concerned about false information and advice given without knowing particular histories, especially when it impacts health and well-being. Verifying health advice and information with known trustworthy sites (Mayo, Cleveland Clinic etc) should be an automatic response.