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Online privacy

Snaps (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 18th April 2018, 08:27

My natural state is mildly paranoid so I don't open what I don't recognise and check on email and although disabled for some sites, which I either know or won't work otherwise, have Adblock and Privacy Badger running on Chrome.

Passwords are varied and stored on LastPass, some flag up as too easy to crack but they're on sites I couldn't give a Monkeys if they're cracked or not.

I've not had anything groveling or apologising from Mr Zuckerberg yet but I only ever open notifications for one group on Facebook and then come straight out again.

Am I doing everything right?
Should I be doing anything else?
Is there life on Mars?

Has anyone had any problems at all with all the current panic?





Snaps



My new Flash Fiction blog. All my own work
500ish




I am not young enough to know everything.

RE: Online privacy

alfie noakes (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 18th April 2018, 09:23

Similar to you but I also run Malwarebytes every week or so. Also use 2-factor authentication on every site that has it.

Thanks from: Snaps

RE: Online privacy

admars (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 18th April 2018, 09:27

i do most of my browsing in firefox, and have that set to delete cookies, temp files etc on exit

Chrome I use for this site and a couple of others where I want to log in, but not shops, paypal, and I don't browse in chrome.

if possible I tell shops not to remember my cc details, or use paypal.

it does mean when shopping I usually have to use the forgotton password button unless it's a shop I use a lot :)

https://admars32.wordpress.com/

https://mobro.co/admars?mc=1

RE: Online privacy

Snaps (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 18th April 2018, 13:06

Quote:
alfie noakes says...
"Similar to you but I also run Malwarebytes every week or so."

Something I've forgotten to do for some time.
Quarantined 5 items.


Snaps



My new Flash Fiction blog. All my own work
500ish




I am not young enough to know everything.

RE: Online privacy

alfie noakes (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 18th April 2018, 13:32

Oh yeah, I also pre-encrypt any sensitive stuff I have on Dropbox et al, just incase

https://lifehacker.com/5794486/how-to-add-a-second-layer-of-encryption-to-dropbox

RE: Online privacy

bandicoot (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 18th April 2018, 21:11

All 'over the shelf' encryption software packages have backdoor passages for MFI or KDB use.

Using the cryptic password 'nibble biscuit' or the equivalent Russian password 'грызун', I can get direct access to the steamy nude photos of you and Muriel on Blackpool beach at last Summers works outing 

RE: Online privacy

Brooky (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 18th April 2018, 23:15

Omg!!!Bandicoot😲

RE: Online privacy

bandicoot (Elite) posted this on Friday, 20th April 2018, 17:25

He he 

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