If you were to create a 'Privacy User Manual' for the internet, what would be your top three essential tips for individuals to protect their online privacy? - eviltoast

For me it would be the following:

  1. Don’t reuse usernames/names
  2. Avoid using social media
  3. Use Tor/VPN when you can
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    1 year ago

    Provided that your key store password can be made very strong, all the risk posed by having all your eggs in that one basket are, speaking from the perspective of an average computer illiterate user like my mom, far outweighed by avoiding the inevitable alternative of one password (or a family of derivative passwords) used across all services.

    One extremely good lock is a step up from two dozen shitty ones if it’s a cascade failure either way.