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What steps can I take to be more secure on the internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/cybersecurity

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So recently I've gotten a bit more serious about my internet security, and made some changes. Here's a short list of what I've done, but I'm wondering if I'm missing anything important:

Moved from Brave to Firefox
Bought my own domain for my email (so I can switch email providers at any time)
Switched to Duck Duck Go from google (It's gotten worse anyways)
Bought the Proton package (VPN, Encrypted email, etc...)
Installed Thunderbird (instead of microsoft mail app)
Installed uBlock Origin
Installed Bitwarden for password managing (My passwords are also no longer all the same)

Is there anything that I have missed that should be a priority for internet security?

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[–] merde 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what OS are you on?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Windows

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It would be a good idea to explore Linux if you care about all the telemetry Windows collects. There are distros out there that are so user friendly that someone using Windows their entire life can hit the ground running, like Linux Mint.

[–] merde 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

— … Here's a short list of what I've done, but I'm wondering if I'm missing anything important: …

— what OS are you on?

— Windows

i think you've found something important that you're missing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Haha, that’s a good point. I can’t change to linux for work reasons, but I should look into dual boot.