I have recently testified in court against a person as part of a long and ongoing prosecution. All the previous witnesses have been hacked by this person. Presumably, the defendant only had access to their :
This potential hacker lives more than 300 miles away from where I do. I am fairly accustomed to safe online practice. I use Windows 10 and run the free version of Avast as well as Windows Defender's firewall. My Wi-fi has WPA2. My Android phone has Avast.
I've found lots of info about protection against hackers in general. But I don't know if it's any different when you are targeted by someone.
Am I safe or is there anything I should do, especially from a technical standpoint (VPN, etc - stuff I know little about), to protect my phone, my PC and my activity from this person ?
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This potential hacker lives more than 300 miles away from where I do. I am fairly accustomed to safe online practice. I use Windows 10 and run the free version of Avast as well as Windows Defender's firewall. My Wi-fi has WPA2. My Android phone has Avast.
I've found lots of info about protection against hackers in general. But I don't know if it's any different when you are targeted by someone.
Am I safe or is there anything I should do, especially from a technical standpoint (VPN, etc - stuff I know little about), to protect my phone, my PC and my activity from this person ?