@quest 9 December 2021

Here are a few things that can drastically improve your security online! These are steps ANYONE can do! - Install a password manager! This is the absolute simplest thing you can do. Make sure you have unique, high quality passwords for all your sites! Here is a site with quality reviews of current password managers: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-password-managers,review-3785.html. Currently I am using LastPass, but I have heard very good things about other solutions as well. - Use 2FA (Two Factor Authentication). Download Google Authenticator or another authenticator app to your phone, and setup 2FA on all services that support it. Stay away from SMS based 2FA as that is vulnerable to sim-swap attacks. Here is a quality tutorial: https://www.theverge.com/22215571/factor-authentication-2fa-apple-microsoft-google-how-to. - Get a VPN! Many ISP's monitor everything you do online, and having a VPN can help a lot. However, getting a VPN does not magically make you secure from everyone. It is just a way for you to PICK the company you want to trust with your internet data. Many people are forced into 1 or 2 ISP's, and those companies are required to disclose your internet activity. By using a VPN your internet provider CAN'T see your data, instead the VPN company can. The difference here, is that there are 1000 different VPN companies, and many that will respect your privacy! Personally I use AirVPN (they take BCH!), but there are many other good services out there. Having a VPN is super important if you want to access websites all over the world. Many places are geo-fenced, so this also open up new corners of the internet itself!