For example, never connect to public WiFi, change your password regularly.
Not using windows. I’ll also stop using google’s version of android soon.
GrapheneOS or Lineage OS?
GrapheneOS or maybe CalyxOS since the grapheneOS developer seems a little mentally unstable.
The person you’re referring to doesn’t work with them anymore.
What version of Android are you switching to? Fairphone with /e/?
I use banking apps and such on my phone so I’m hesitant to switch to anything other than the latest official Android release I can get
I’ll get a pixel and put grapheneOS or calyxOS on there.
It’s a bit like buying and hacking a console: You take away their recurring revenue or data collection, but still get the hardware for a price substituted by that stuff.
How about MacOS?
Apple is just as bad as the rest, they just have better marketing.
If you want privacy, you need free software. Anything else is just the illusion of privacy.
Use a password manager Eg. KeyPass. Use F-droid instead of appstore when I can. Use DNS encryption always and use the tor network when browsing the internet. Use open source software that you trust. And if you really value your privacy use Linux.
Allso disconnect social media from your real life. Use a burner email to sign up to sketchy services. Don’t forget to log out of you account when on a school/work/unknown device.
More generally be interested in cyber security and you will become safer.
10 minute burner emails are such a godsend.
I recommand simplelogin for that
ProtonMail is great, I use it as well.
Password rotation isn’t necessary anymore according to NIST. Use long/strong unique passwords combined with MFA.
Furthermore, public wifi risk is overblown. As long as you ensure encrypted communication, you’re good.
This has no direct effect on privacy by the way.
Source: I’m an information Security manager.
How to remember complex and long passwords?
You don’t. Use a password manager and you only have to remember 1 password (long and unique, doesn’t need to be super complex IMHO)
NIST is part of the US government, I don‘t know how trustworthy such a claim is. They profit a lot from people having bad passwords.
- Aegis for 2FA
- always use 2FA where possible
- good old USB TAN generator for online banking
- never ever do online banking on my phone
- degoogled phone
- no facebook, insta, whatsapp etc. Signal and Liftoff are enough.
I’m planning to completeley switch to Linux on my computer. I’m also waiting for the Fairphone 5 and will install Ubuntu Touch on it when it will become available.
What do you mean by ‘USB TAN generator’? I don’t think I’m familiar.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction_authentication_number#ChipTAN_/_Sm@rt-TAN_/_CardTAN
It’s a 2FA using your online login (1st factor) and an one time password generator (2nd factor) to authorize money transactions.
The USB is needed to power the generator and has no data transfer option.
Ah, that seems awesome! Im assuming that is unavailable in the States?
Kept FB, Twitter away
Plus, Threads
For sure
Just using common sense on the web. I don’t fuzz over it since it doesn’t mean much to me anyway.
I don’t think there is “common” sense any more. There is a great divide between technologically inclined people, and people who just use it.
True. But I’m not lowering the standard for common sense just because majority lacks it. Whenever I help someone with their tech I also teach them something.
True. There is also a great divide between people who care about privacy and people who don’t.
Using WireMin for secure communication. It is a decentralized platform, similar to Twitter, enabling people to communicate freely and securely. It’s end-to-end encrypted and ensuring utmost privacy, while creating an account remains completely anonymous—no phone number or email address required. https://wiremin.org/
So is WireMin like a more secure version of Twitter?
