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I'm in much the same situation, although I understand a lot more of what's said in this thread, how to do a lot of it goes over my head.
Things that I have done:
Started using KeyPass (as I can store the file in Dropbox/Google drive and it syncs automatically for me) for password management. There is a good app for it on the Play store too.
Started to shift to running my own email server (on a RaspPi, instructions here I need to upgrade mine from a Model B really). I use the K-9 mail app on Android for it, and Thunderbird on the PC
I've set full disk encryption on my phone.Things I ought to do:
Get the NAS working fully, so that it does backups and acts as cloud storage for me, rather than using Dropbox/Drive.
Work out if I can use full disk encryption on my PC.
MrDrem-
Work out if I can use full disk encryption on my PC.
Wah!
It's possible to encrypt every OS out there.
Do it.
People lose laptops, people replace them and start using new ones and never wipe the old one, all kind of things.
Full disk encryption is a default no-brainer.
It means: If anything happens, who cares... your data is safe, and your computer is a brick.
Sure, someone can replace the OS and get a computer out of it, but they can never access your data.
There's only a few things I tell everyone to do:
- Use full disk encryption
- Use a password manager (LastPass unless you specifically know why to pick something else)
- Use full disk encryption
Velocio
help! I am a google-dependent novice. I would like some help in becoming less so, or suggestions as to where to go to learn. I will re-read this thread, but much of it passes over my head...
I just bought a new android phone and would like, before using it, to work out how to get a slightly better level of security and to be tracked slightly less. I also need to buy a new computer for home.
At the moment I use gmail, but have my own email domain that directs there. I don't use any banking apps (although I'd like to but concerned I don't have good enough protection if my phone gets nicked). I basically feel like I am not making best use of my phone because I am concerned about security/tracking.
What relatively simple steps can I take to upgrade my security and protect my data / whereabouts a bit?
E.g. stop using gmail, google drive, calendar and google maps, but replace them with what?
continue using them but encrypt files before saving them to google drive?
use firefox with some or all of these plug ins, use duck duck go and just keep all of my internet usage separate from my google account?
get keepass or lastpass (which?) and/or yubico?
start using a VPN?
Basically clueless, but I'd like to take back a little control over my online life and protect myself if my phone gets nicked. Is that a pointless aspiration?