Yea a lot of this advice “don’t use anything from Google/Microsoft/Facebook/amazon” or “avoid social media” is just going to tell newcomers that privacy isn’t for them
Instead go in order
secure private messaging since that’s where a lot of your personal private info is going (use Signal)
switch to Firefox over chrome, it’ll do all the same things
use bitwarden (or keepass, but that one is a bit more technical) to manage your passwords, and generate random passwords for things you can reset easily
All of these are easy, don’t have much of a learning curve, and will give them significant gains privacy wise. Also I’m betting they will continue to learn and do more stuff after that.
Here’s the ultimate tip for securing your private information.
Yea a lot of this advice “don’t use anything from Google/Microsoft/Facebook/amazon” or “avoid social media” is just going to tell newcomers that privacy isn’t for them
Instead go in order
All of these are easy, don’t have much of a learning curve, and will give them significant gains privacy wise. Also I’m betting they will continue to learn and do more stuff after that.
“Use Signal” is great, but every other person you know insisting on using WhatsApp makes it moot.