Be Prepared: Protecting Your Digital Privacy Before Trump Takes Office
The Laboratorium 2016-12-05
Summary:
I’ve been posting a daily series of step for my Facebook friends to secure their digital lives before Trump takes office. The idea is that each step is specific, concrete, actionable, and small: something you really can do in a day. By the time Trump is sworn in, you’ll be reasonably secure against a lot of threats, public and private. I’ll update this post with links as I add new entries.
- 64 days: Introduction
- 63 days: Set up two-factor authentication
- 62 days: Passcode lock your phone
- 61 days: Password lock your computer
- 60 days: Use DuckDuckGo for sensitive searches
- 59 days: Use a password manager
- 58 days: Generate random passwords
- 57 days: Pick a good password for your password manager
- 56 days: Help family members set up two-factor authentication
- 55 days: Use biometrics with care
- 54 days: Choose good answers to security questions
- 53 days: Some sites have bad password policies
- 52 days: Cover your laptop webcam
- 51 days: Beware of listening machines
- 50 days: Restrict app access to your phone’s microphone, camera, and location
- 49 days: Install software updates
- 48 days: Seriously, install software updates
- 47 days: Use Signal for end-to-end encrypted messages and voice calls
- 46 days: Signal as compared to its alternatives
- 45 days: Encrypted email is too hard for mortals to use
- 44 days: If you really want to encrypt your email, use PGP
- 43 days: Encrypt your phone
- 42 days: Use full-disk encryption
- 41 days: Secure your online backups
- 40 days: Audit where your data is stored
- 39 days: Use HTTPS everywhere you can
- 38 days: Tor is probably not right for you
- 37 days: VPNs are a useful tool
- 36 days: Run HTTPS on your own websites
- 35 days: Install an anti-tracking browser extension
- 34 days: Consider an ad-blocking browser extension
- 33 days: Limit web and app tracking on your phone
- 32 days: Location privacy is a lost cause
- 31 days: Delete what you can
- 30 days: Protect your papers
- 29 days: