For example, change your password regularly, use 2FA.
I don’t divulge my security practices publicly, online. That would be incredibly dumb.
They did and I’m perfectly prepared to double down.
If I told people I used a password manager, and which one, I give a bad actor a target. I give a social engineer a thread to pull.
If I told people I had a bitcoin at an exchange, secured using a certain method, I’d be painting a target on me.
If I told people about a rock with a key under it, then I’ve given out far too much info. Sure you don’t know where I live, but small pieces of info can add up quickly. It’s flat out dumb telling people the details of your security. What form it takes, and what products or procedures you use. Just telling them what you’re protecting is too much. Don’t. It’s bad security practice. Like it or not, I’m actually trying to be helpful.
I mean, they really did. They asked how does one protect privacy. Security practices is how you protect your privacy. Their two examples are literal examples of security practices. That being said, security by obscurity is security theater. It sounds like security, but it’s not.
I’ve been using the internet as a whole less and less.
Deleted Facebook years ago
Never had Twitter
Nuked my Reddit account on July 1
Cancelled Netflix
Will likely cancel Amazon at the end of the current subscription cycle
Use duck duck go or brave for searches
Lemmy is the only interactive thing I’ve got left, and we’ll see where that goes
Things I cannot or am not willing to go dark on include online banking and bill pay. I could, but that creates so much extra time. But then if anybody needs to confirm that I pay my water bill, more power to them.
I also have and love Spotify though it seems I’m not supposed to do that anymore, so I’ve got to figure that one out. (Though I have many acquaintances in mid tier music groups who love Spotify as it drives ticket and merch sales for them)
Anywho, give it another decade, and I’ll just be somebody that nobody is sure exists.
Sue people that take pictures of me.
Unlike recording audio without consent (in 2-party consent states), recording images isnt illegal which is kind of strange (the laws don’t keep up with technology).
