Archived Online security increasingly feels patched-up. What changes are needed to create a secure, better internet? (AskVoat)
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Archived Online security increasingly feels patched-up. What changes are needed to create a secure, better internet? (AskVoat)
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[–] Wmb102er 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Building a safe internet generally fails because most users tend to choose convenience over security. A few things can be done though such as promoting https, etc. The second question is a lot easier to answer: Uninstall Flash, now. Get a bunch of security and privacy enhancing browser addons. If you want to go hardcore look into linux, full hd encryption, proxies, etc. If you need help, send me a message.
[–] SavePrivateRyne 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Some recommendations I have going off of that are using firefox, installing https-everywhere, disconnect search, privacy badger, and for the ultimate privacy in linux you can always use tails. A great VPN that I use is privateinternetaccess. Those are just a few ways to get started.
[–] Sire [S] ago
Damn, that sounds like very few authorities take or want to take the responsibility to educate users. I've been educating myself with step-by-step online resources, but going hardcore is somewhat difficult to achieve. Cutting-edge services and software tend to be buggy and have quite a steep learning curve IMO, but maybe I've got the wrong services and software... Privacytools.io is currently my main resource.
I'd love to know more about Linux, proxies and more. I'll PM you