For example, use a password manager, use 2FA.

  • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    2 years ago

    Different randomized username on everything I sign up for. I do it so you can’t google my username on one platform and find me on another. Each account also gets its own unique email address.

      • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Makes sense. I’ve been considering making an identical alt on beehaw, but I’m still holding out hope they’ll refederate.

      • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Same domain. Every email is just the username it’s associated with @ the domain (Not gmail). The passwords are different between account and email (And no two accounts anywhere share passwords).

        As of right now I have 19 already-created email accounts just waiting to eventually be associated with some account I’ll make for some service in the future. Any time I get low I’ll make a bunch more at once. I have almost 60 accounts across the internet using this system already. It does get a bit annoying when certain sites want to email me a login code every time I log in.

      • OutdoorDining@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        I personally pay the extra $1.50 for iCloud+ (due to the extra storage) and that comes with “hide my email” - which lets you generate an alias specific to the site you’re signing up on.

        Then if I get sick of the site or I feel it’s getting spammy I just delete the alias

  • RushingSquirrel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    2 years ago

    Taking the time to refuse all the cookies, every time I visit a website.

    Going through all of Google, Facebook and other services settings to disable every tracking possible, especially towards ads.

    I can tell that ads are less and less relevant.

    • shapesandstuff@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      That’s actually a big one for me too. I have an extension running called “minimal consent” but it’s deprecated and never managed the more complicated dialogues. I also disable personalised ads on every platform (often defaults to enabled)
      It’s sometimes annoying but all in all, I get the most random ads and i’m happy about it. As a rule of thumb, if the cookie dialogue does that spinny “saving prefernces” loading screen for more than 10 seconds, the page probably wasn’t worth my click anyway and I close it.

  • rufus@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    Use Linux, uBlock, other Free Software. Change the operating system on my phone to LineageOS or GrapheneOS, get my Apps from F-Droid. Don’t sign up everywhere with my real phone number and birthday.

    (Regarding the original question: I’d say secure passwords and 2fa is more security than privacy?!)

    • Blizzard@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      LineageOS or GrapheneOS

      Which one do you prefer and why? Has installing any of them caused banking or pay apps to stop working?

      • rufus@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I don’t use any “pay” apps. I got a card from my bank, I just use that to pay. So i don’t know. But the banking app that generates tan codes, shows the balance and so on works fine.

        I prefer GrapheneOS for my main phone. It just works and has sane default settings. On other devices I prefer LineageOS for microG. And i can root Lineage which is handy for development.

  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago
    • I never type the password of my computer in front of anyone or under any security cameras
    • I have a password manager
    • I spent lots of time reading about aliens so they know not to mess with me
    • I acknowledge my surveillance officers and have chats with them via my computer’s camera, so if I’m ever in a pickle they’re friendly with me
  • catharso@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I remove all address stickers from packages before recycling them and i shred all papers that contain my name or sensitive infos.

    • theoware@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Why remove the address stickers? A person that has access to your garbage cans probably knows your address anyway

      • catharso@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        i live in huge building with like 15 other parties(?). i just want my papertrail (pizzacartons, invoices, insurance-stuff, sextoy-packaging, …) to drown in the “noise” ^^

  • Wothe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    At the end of the day, the winner for privacy is … Decentralization Cuz no central server means:

    • Data only save in your own device
    • Anonymous, never link to your personal info
    • E2EE
  • Brownian Motion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I use Bitwarden for pw manager and 2FA. I use that to create a random password for anything I sign up to.

    I am fortunate enough to run my own mail server, so for every signup I don’t trust, I make a new email address and only use it for that one thing. You can do facetube+normalemail@someplace.con if you cannot run your own. This at least lets you know who is leaking your info.

    I generally try to run as much FOSS as possible, I do dual boot Win/Linux because unfortunately we still have companies not providing for both OS.

    And if I go out in the public, I wear a cricket box.

  • rusticus1773@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    iCloud private relay, to prevent anyone from scraping your browsing history. Plus stop the madness and AdGuard pro.

  • redballooon@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Yes, those two.

    I host pretty much all my data on my private Synology box at home.