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

submitted 2 years ago by Tobin@lemmy.world to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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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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[-] Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Use the noscript addon. It protects your data by blocking all javascripts. Sadly it makes a hassle of going on a site but you will suprised how many javascripts are only there for tracking.

Also, I use ecosia as a search engine which is non profit. all profits go to the enviroment. Using !g before the prompt and it uses google and since i use privacy badger, ublock and noscript i dont think they track too much.

[-] Tobin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I just got noscript, and now I realize how much websites use JavaScript, I keep on needing to pause it on my tabs 😆

[-] Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Eventually you will notice a patern of which ones are needed for basic function (the domain your on, wp.com, squarespace and sometimes google.com) i just switch them to trusted or if they can track temp trusted.

Sometime im also lazy and turn most to temp trusted but if i have time i work out the important ones.

I find it really distrustful that my doctors site uses many trackers.

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