Different randomized username on everything I sign up for. I do it so you can’t google my username on one platform and find me on another. Each account also gets its own unique email address.
Same domain. Every email is just the username it’s associated with @ the domain (Not gmail). The passwords are different between account and email (And no two accounts anywhere share passwords).
As of right now I have 19 already-created email accounts just waiting to eventually be associated with some account I’ll make for some service in the future. Any time I get low I’ll make a bunch more at once. I have almost 60 accounts across the internet using this system already. It does get a bit annoying when certain sites want to email me a login code every time I log in.
I personally pay the extra $1.50 for iCloud+ (due to the extra storage) and that comes with “hide my email” - which lets you generate an alias specific to the site you’re signing up on.
Then if I get sick of the site or I feel it’s getting spammy I just delete the alias
Use Linux, uBlock, other Free Software. Change the operating system on my phone to LineageOS or GrapheneOS, get my Apps from F-Droid. Don’t sign up everywhere with my real phone number and birthday.
(Regarding the original question: I’d say secure passwords and 2fa is more security than privacy?!)
Custom ROMs will always be broken with selective bank apps, period. Best to not root or flash a ROM if you want to live your life instead of tinkering like a teenager.
I don’t use any “pay” apps. I got a card from my bank, I just use that to pay. So i don’t know. But the banking app that generates tan codes, shows the balance and so on works fine.
I prefer GrapheneOS for my main phone. It just works and has sane default settings. On other devices I prefer LineageOS for microG. And i can root Lineage which is handy for development.
I use Bitwarden for pw manager and 2FA. I use that to create a random password for anything I sign up to.
I am fortunate enough to run my own mail server, so for every signup I don’t trust, I make a new email address and only use it for that one thing. You can do [email protected] if you cannot run your own. This at least lets you know who is leaking your info.
I generally try to run as much FOSS as possible, I do dual boot Win/Linux because unfortunately we still have companies not providing for both OS.
And if I go out in the public, I wear a cricket box.
Randomised words for any website that asks for memorable info (mother’s maiden name, first pet’s name, etc) for security. Always gets a laugh from customer services.
That’s actually a big one for me too. I have an extension running called “minimal consent” but it’s deprecated and never managed the more complicated dialogues. I also disable personalised ads on every platform (often defaults to enabled)
It’s sometimes annoying but all in all, I get the most random ads and i’m happy about it. As a rule of thumb, if the cookie dialogue does that spinny “saving prefernces” loading screen for more than 10 seconds, the page probably wasn’t worth my click anyway and I close it.
It’s always a good advice to be on good terms with the surveillance officers. I do it too and sometimes they even look in the other direction when I did wrong ;-)
i live in huge building with like 15 other parties(?). i just want my papertrail (pizzacartons, invoices, insurance-stuff, sextoy-packaging, …) to drown in the “noise” ^^
I’m ashamed to admit I do the same thing!! Both of those. Lol. If I’m putting out a bunch of boxes in the recycling I always worry people will think I’ve got valuables or something nice and target me. Also identity theft is no joke. It’s annoying that credit card companies send so much semi-sensitive stuff via mail.
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