Your spouse just deployed. The 12 things to do in the first 48 hours.
The next forty-eight hours after a deployment are when the security gaps that get exploited later are created. Twelve actions, ordered by priority.
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Password managers for military families: 1Password vs Bitwarden.
Both 1Password and Bitwarden are credible. 1Password’s Travel Mode and family plan architecture make it the more practical choice for military families managing shared accounts across deployments.
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Ring just partnered with Flock Safety. What that means for military families.
Ring partnered with Flock Safety in October 2025. For military families, that changes who can see what is on your doorbell camera.
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How to share location safely with deployed family members.
Location sharing between a deployed service member and family at home creates a persistent data record with real operational risks.
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Digital privacy guide for military families.
Military families face a threat profile that no generic privacy guide addresses.
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Digital security for military families. The complete operational guide.
Military families face a threat profile that no generic privacy guide addresses. Foreign intelligence, commercial data brokers, romance scammers, doxxers, and custody adversaries all target the same household through different channels. The operational baseline for the spouse, the parent, and the service member.
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Family tracking apps your kid’s school is recommending. And what they share with the FRG.
Life360, Find My Kids, Bark Connect. What each one shares, why it hits military families specifically, and the platform-native alternatives.
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VeteranOwnedBusinesses.com. The data broker layer built on military families’ addresses.
VeteranOwnedBusinesses.com and the veteran-targeted data ecosystem. What is published, how to check your exposure, and the broker-by-broker opt-out.
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Military families: these 9 posts are exactly what adversaries are looking for.
Nine categories of social media post consistently appear in open-source intelligence reports as high-value collection targets against military personnel and their families.
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Military OPSEC training has a blind spot. Data brokers found it first.
A January 2026 GAO report confirmed US military OPSEC training does not address commercial data brokers. The same brokers were exposed in the Gravy Analytics breach. The soldier who locks down Instagram still has his home address on dozens of databases.
