Personal cybersecurity should not be scary.

Follow a few basics and you will be in great shape to protect yourself from most of the bad stuff you'll run across online.

Put as simply as possible; keeping all your software up to date, having good malware protection, good password hygiene, and avoiding IOT garbage will protect you from most opportunistic attacks, but it won't keep a determined or well funded attacker out.

How important are you really as a target? Could you be used as a stepping stone to someone of higher target value to a criminal? Do you have a controlling or abusive partner?

It's important to know your possible threats within a realistic world view. You are far more likely to fall victim to automated attacks than something targeted.

If a government doesn't want to hack you personally, you should be more worried about being sold to advertisers, or an abusive partner tracking your location or spying on your private communications.

Stay away from VPN apps and services that purport to protect your privacy. The reality is that most of them expose you to more threats than they protect you against. Unless the VPN is provided by your job, or you control the endpoint, there is no way for a layperson to know if it is truly secure.

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Privacy Badger
Privacy Badger Chrome Extension

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Ad Blocker - Ublock Origin
Ublock Origin Chrome Extension

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Extra points ad-blocker - Ublock Origin Extra
Ublock Extra Chrome Extension

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HTTPS Everywhere - prevent clickjacking
Chrome Extension

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Have I Been Pwned - Breach database
Check Your Email

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Use better passwords and keep track of them - 1Password
Get Better Passwords Now

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Use Two Factor Auth
2fA enabled sites

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Hardware 2nd factor key.
Lock it up.

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TOTP 2nd Factor codes on your phone with Authy
Authy

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Get encryption keys and secure identity management
Get Keys Now

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My Favorite Anti Malware
Get Protected Now

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Cutting edge MacOs Security Tools -Objective See
Download Now

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Diceware Wordlist for Passphrases
Use this wordlist to generate secure and memorable passphrases.



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Using everything here and making sure your software is always up to date will stop the majority of the oppotunistic attacks you should be worried about.
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