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  • I don't reveal my privacy secrets on Lemmy.

    • I recognise that security through obscurity isn't something you can rely on, so don't consider my own practices to be secrets and am willing to share them to help others.

      I use strong unique passwords stored in a KeePass database, and MFA whenever it's available. I also have a VPN specifically so that I can use public Wifi when I have to (or wish to do something more private on the internet, such as downloading Linux ISOs).

      I also have a vanity domain that redirects all mail to a central mailbox, so whenever I sign up for something I can easily use a unique address. This allows me to block specific addresses that produce spam and see where the spammers got that address.

  • I use Bitwarden for pw manager and 2FA. I use that to create a random password for anything I sign up to.

    I am fortunate enough to run my own mail server, so for every signup I don't trust, I make a new email address and only use it for that one thing. You can do facetube+normalemail@someplace.con if you cannot run your own. This at least lets you know who is leaking your info.

    I generally try to run as much FOSS as possible, I do dual boot Win/Linux because unfortunately we still have companies not providing for both OS.

    And if I go out in the public, I wear a cricket box.

  • Things I do what give me a percieved sense of privacy/ security:

    • use Firefox with Add-ons (Ublock origin, Idontcareaboutcookies, Istilldontcareaobutcookies, Consent Blocker)
    • browser set up to block third party cookies and to delete any cookies after closing
    • not allowing to store any credentials in the browser
    • using different passwords for different services (not one password for all)
    • using Two-Factor-Authentification on services which are connected with banking account
    • not using freemail providers for email
    • using a temporary email where possible if registration is required
    • encrypted hard drive and encrypted backups
    • do not use cloud storage (I rely on old school portable hard drives and thumb drives)
    • using an additional firewall to stop certain not-quite-legally-obtained programs from phoning home (these programs can't be replaced through FOSS at the moment, or are too ridiculously overpriced to buy them right now)
    • restrict/ forbid operating system to collect anonymous data and to phone home (as if that helps...)
    • don't do online banking with an android 8 device

    The password storage thing sometimes seems to be a hassle. I have stored my passwords in a physical moleskin, written with a pen, like an old person would do. When I have that book not availiable (when travellling), I have to guess my credentials.

    At work I have the browser stored all the credentials. It's so much faster and easier. But since it's at my job I don't have to worry about my own private stuff.

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