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Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 9:09 am
by les
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Lifehacker wrote:Top 10 Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should UseProtecting your privacy on the internet these days seems like a hefty undertaking, but there are a few things you can do to protect your privacy with just the click of a button. Here are our favorite super-simple tricks.
We've talked about our 10 favorite privacy hacks before, but a lot of times inducing a privacy-oriented overhaul on your workflow is time consuming, and sometimes it just might not fit the way you work (it's not imperative, of course, that everyone quit Facebook without quitting Facebook, and your less tech-savvy friends and relatives may not have the patience for the more involved set-ups. These tweaks are, instead, very simple tricks that we think everyone should use, whether you're a tin-foil hat wearer or you just want to reduce the spam in your email inbox. They're so simple, in fact, that even the less tech-savvy should have no problem setting them up with a few clicks.
10. Use Temporary Credit Cards to Avoid Repeat Billing
9. Leave Your Home Address Off Your GPS Unit
8. Use a Fake Birthday for Web Signups
7. Change Your Gender for Less Annoying Ads
6. Use HTTPS Whenever Possible
5. Use AdBlock, Even if You Don't Block Ads
4. Save Yourself from IM Distractions and Annoyances
3. Use Disposable Email Addresses to Avoid Spam
2. Create Secure, Easy-to-Remember Passwords
1. Keep Your Security Questions as Private as Your Passwords
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Re: Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 9:56 am
by dix
You forgot number 11.
aka - don't be a complete mong and you'll be fine.
Dix.
Re: Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:19 am
by Handcuffed
Honestly, I can't see what harm it does to use your real birthday for sign-ups.
Re: Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:08 am
by green
some additions and Ideas to expand your list :)
11. Use True Crypt to encrypt your hdd
12. Don't save your passwords on a textfile on the PC
13. Have a good firewall (Like Comodo)
14. For an extra level of security online, surf using highly anonymous proxy server
Re: Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:15 pm
by doti
@Handcuffed : some banks will ask for it (when someone stole your card number), and also it is usually in the process of password recovery. Anyway, everything that will be used by marketters (and others) in order to improve identification should be avoided (if you want privacy).
@Indigo : you may always use the same fake birthday
For an extra level of security online, surf using highly anonymous proxy server
I could find some false anonymous proxy server (!), and anyway most of them will not accept HTTPS (lesser of 2 evils ?)
Re: Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:48 pm
by les
I am pretty sure most requests for date of birth are to ensure you are over
13, or 18, or other statute age limit.
They only want an answer not proof in almost all cases.
Re: Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:00 pm
by janmb
green wrote:some additions and Ideas to expand your list :)
11. Use True Crypt to encrypt your hdd
12. Don't save your passwords on a textfile on the PC
13. Have a good firewall (Like Comodo)
14. For an extra level of security online, surf using highly anonymous proxy server
Given the retarded data archiving directive put forward by the EU over the last few years, in good company with Swedens IPRED law, using a proxy (or VPN) is soon to be considered a necessity I'm afraid. Although I have nothing to hide and probably never will, I'd MUCH rather risk giving proxy server hosts access to tap my traffic, than letting authorities map everything I do as they please. No thanks.
Re: Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 12:40 am
by green
doti wrote:@Handcuffed : some banks will ask for it (when someone stole your card number), and also it is usually in the process of password recovery. Anyway, everything that will be used by marketters (and others) in order to improve identification should be avoided (if you want privacy).
@Indigo : you may always use the same fake birthday
For an extra level of security online, surf using highly anonymous proxy server
I could find some false anonymous proxy server (!), and anyway most of them will not accept HTTPS (lesser of 2 evils ?)
https://www.torproject.org/ would be an alternative. Otherwise, there are more than enough anonymus proxy servers.
The problem I see is that most are only available for like 20 hours and than shutdown or change IP.
Re: Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:00 pm
by doremi
(Sorry to bump... It's an old thread but still useful nowadays...)
An interesting article about VPNs here:
The Beginner's Guide to VPNs
https://lifehacker.com/the-beginners-gu ... 1819912770
