The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens

Practicing good "operations security" is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives. Teenagers have always been formidable hackers. In fact, in recent years, some of the most high-profile and brazen digital attacks around the world have been carried out by teens. And whether you've never given much thought to your digital privacy and security or you've started to rein in your data, you can use this guide to implement basic precautions and keep operations security in mind. In other words, this guide contains advice and ideas to help you conceptualize how people can find out information about you from your digital activities--and start to minimize what's out there in ways you didn't intend. Some people are more private by nature, and others prioritize putting themselves out there. But even if you're a 24/7 streamer, you can still think about your operations security, commonly known as opsec. What can viewers see in your room while you're streaming?