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My Simple "Cybersecurity Sanity" Checks
With all the talk about data breaches and online scams, I've found myself adopting a few simple, almost reflexive habits to try and stay a bit safer online. Nothing super technical, just little things. For example, I've become much more skeptical of unsolicited emails, even if they look vaguely official – I always hover over links to see the actual URL before clicking. I also try to use unique, complex passwords (managed by a password manager, because who can remember all those?!) and enable two-factor authentication wherever possible.
These aren't foolproof, I know, but they make me feel a little more in control. It's like locking your car door – not a guarantee against theft, but a sensible precaution. What are some of the small, everyday security practices you've incorporated into your online routine? Any quick wins or simple tips that you think make a difference? Always good to share and learn from each other on this front.
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hard to believe anyone would not be using a password manager in 2025. many open-source or cheap commercial options. 1Password is like $30-40/year I think.
And phone calls.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/18/ex_nsa_scattered_spider_call/
As another example, if I got a call from a police officer, I'd politely ask if I can call the main police department number and be transferred to that officer before the conversation gets into anything personal on my end.
Fortunately, years of corporate anti-phishing training have made me adopt a refuse-to-click-anything-in-an-email posture by habit.
Bitwarden is $12 per year or you use the self hosted version vaultwarden, it's free.
I'm not saying that I don't use a password manager. On the contrary, it's because I use too many complex passwords that I rely on it more
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I think you misunderstood as I was agreeing.
Yeah, I go with Bitwarden to completely never think about ... remember/creating passwords anymore.
One password to remember, one backup to maintain. Paid yearly for the product because it is good. I know I can self-host a vault, but I will leave the hard part for them.
Maintaining idlers is stressful enough.
+1, Unpopular tips ... before debating around 'miranda-rights'
Re "bitwarden" and similar: DO NOT put all your eggs into one basket - in particular not into an online service!
And if you are really serious about it, also so not use online services for critical infrastructure. For instance, run at least your own email server.
Proton, for example, very likely is a decent and reasonably safe service, but still, it's not under your control, plus it's a very attractive target for hackers and, probably worse, LEA and intelligence agencies.
Think!, preferably for yourself and with at least a modicum of knowledge. Example: everyone and their dog use, and insist on, https because of "https everywhere!!!" zealotry - yet most accept an SMS as 2FA that is, a known to be shaky (to put it politely) technology on probably the worst security nightmare of all times, their smartphone.
What about people who don't have that much time to learn all of those things or maybe not even time to administrate the systems/softwares?
And have you seen any emails with readable links (those that don't redirect via some opaque link tracker)?
Adblock. Ideally combination of remote adblock via dns and local via ublock origin. Ads distributing propaganda, malware and virus is not unheard of. Since i added adblocking dns onto my router, its been years since i need to be my family unofficial it tech guy working for $0 recovering their accounts, reinstalling windows and shit. Set and forget, works wonderfully well to filter internet craps.
Yeah, I'm abusing nextdns for this.
Use sandbox for main programs (browser, email client, etc.)