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

  • RushingSquirrel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    3 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.

  • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 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
        4·
        3 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·
        3 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

  • rufus@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    5·
    3 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?!)

  • catharso@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4·
    3 years ago

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

  • rusticus1773@lemmy.mlEnglish
    41·
    3 years ago

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

  • cow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 years ago

    I use a Password manager and only have free software on main laptop computer. Fake emails, phone numbers, names wherever possible. Noscript in firefox based browsers. Self hosting services at home. For services I do not want my identity attached to shuf -n1 /usr/share/dict/words for usernames. I avoid all non-fediverse social media platforms with no free front end whenever possible. I use rss feeds and mpv for playing youtube videos. I use libredirect with free software frontends. I do not run proprietary software on my main laptop, I use a second laptop, a virtual machine or don’t run the software (for example when I need to use zoom I might run it on a second laptop and use a capture card.). I seperate different online activities with different browsers with different firefox colorways to prevent confusion (for example Firefox ESR for normal personal browsing, Normal firefox for vpn browsing, Firefox Dev Edition for school and college).

    • drexy_rexy@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      RRS feeds for youtube?

      My kid watches some specific things we’ve deemed okay on youtube but there’s constant “you may also like” creep that he ends up finding, and it’s always garbage, this might be the way to finally limit the content to the specific stuff we’ve agreed to.

      • cow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Yes, this bookmarklet javascript:(function () { var newLocation = function () { var url; Array.prototype.slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName('link')).forEach(function (element) { if (element.getAttribute('type') === 'application/rss+xml') { console.log('Found direct feed link'); url = element.getAttribute('href'); } }); if (!url) { Array.prototype.slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName('meta')).forEach(function (element) { if (element.getAttribute('itemprop') === 'channelId') { console.log('Found channel ID'); url = 'https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=' + element.getAttribute('content'); } }); } return url; }(); if (newLocation === undefined) { console.log('Could not find a channel RSS feed from ' + location.href); } else { location.href = newLocation; } })(); Will convert a youtube channel page to a rss feed. I watch the videos using photon and mpv but that is probably too advanced for your kid but a simpler app might work.

  • Wothe@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
    2·
    3 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
    1·
    3 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.

  • yourdogsnipples@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Randomised user names

    Password manager

    Randomised words for any website that asks for memorable info (mother’s maiden name, first pet’s name, etc) for security. Always gets a laugh from customer services.

    False birth date.