How to stay safe online
Date: 30:5:2024
Introduction
Computers are always at risk. No matter how much work you do or how hard you try, there will always be a way to hack your system.. In this artical I will share how I keep my computers safe and the tools I use to do so.
Passwords
Passwords are the main way people get into our computers and online accounts. So it is key to have strong passwords, so hackers have a hard time finding out what the passwords are. So what does a strong password consist of? A strong password should consist of a sequence of special characters (like?, #, and $) and normal characters. A strong password should also not have any words found in the dictionary, so that rules out many people's passwords.
An example of a weak password would be:
Password123
And an example of a strong password would be:
{gÙIjWÝ0ó{Ðö÷åQü9+òÀË×?̯Áv
Now you may be wondering, How the hell do I remember all of that, and for multiple accounts, none the less, well easily with KeePassXC? I personally use KeePassXC for my password management, mostly because it is offline, meaning you are not trusting a company with your data. I also find it very easy to use, and it has many features I like, for example, two-factor authentication, customisation options, and a password generator, all built into it.
Browser
Many people argue over what is the best browser for privacy, and many people have the argument over Firefox or the Brave brower, and there are many good arguments for one or the other. But personally, I do not take part in this debate because it is obvious what the best privacy-based browser is Librewolf. The reason why Librewolf is better than Brave and Firefox is for a large number of reasons, mainly because the people who develop Librewolf care about privacy, and it comes with uBlock Origin, which is an ad block that is very useful.
Conclusion
That is all what I do to remain safe online, all the rest is common sense like not using windows, not downloading suspisous files online and not telling other people personal infomations. So I do hope you have enjoyed reading this and I will publish more articles in the future.