{"product_id":"smartphone-security-playbook","title":"Smartphone Security Playbook","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eYour phone isn’t just a phone anymore.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt holds your email, photos, banking apps, passwords, authentication codes, contacts, location information, payment details—and in many cases, the ability to reset the passwords to almost everything else you use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat makes it one of the most important devices you own to secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eGrumpy Sysadmin Smartphone Security Playbook\u003c\/strong\u003e gives you a practical, step-by-step plan for protecting your smartphone \u003cstrong\u003ewithout accidentally locking yourself out of your own accounts.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned for \u003cstrong\u003eboth iPhone and Android\u003c\/strong\u003e, it expands the Smartphone Security Quick-Start Checklist into a complete lockdown and recovery plan—showing you what settings matter, what to change, how to verify your protection, and how to recover if your phone is lost, stolen, damaged, traded in, or replaced. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIMPORTANT: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY — No physical product will be shipped. 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