Practical Paranoia ChromeOS

New edition, completely updated for ChromeOS. The best-selling, easiest, step-by-step, most comprehensive guide to securing your home or business Chromebooks.



Official workbook for the Practical Paranoia Security Essentials Workshops, STEM and college cybersecurity courses.



Designed for instructor-led, self-study, and DIY. The entire course is contained within the book. Includes all instructor presentations, hands-on assignments, links to all software, and security checklist.



You don't need to be paranoid to know they are out there to get your computer, data, and identity.


• 40% of theft in US cities involves mobile devices.

• Only 3% of stolen mobile devices are ever recovered.

• Malware attacks on Chromebooks are on the increase.

• Hundreds of eyes may be able to see your name and password, along with the contents of every email you send.

• It may take the bad guy under one minute to bypass your password to gain access to all your data.

• With a slight bit of social engineering, your Google Drive, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media accounts, along with all your data, is freely accessible.

• Through PRISM and other avenues, our government has access to your online browsing and email history.



You don't need to be an Google Guru to protect your system!



In this easy, step-by-step guide, CIO, Security Specialist, and Certified Apple Consultant Marc L. Mintz takes any Chromebook user-from the novice with no technical skills, to experienced IT professional-through the process of fully encrypting and hardening the security of their device, data, email, documents, network, instant messaging, storage devices, cloud storage, browsing, and entire Internet experience.



Guaranteed to be the easiest to follow and most comprehensive ChromeOS cybersecurity and internet privacy book available.