Some advice while traversing the internet.
Use a VPN. Keep your IP private.
Don't reuse passwords across accounts. Use a password manager not connected to the internet
Use multifactor authentication. Bonus points for using a hard token like a yubikey
Keep all apps up to date. Updates often have security fixes.
Secure your local WiFi with a very strong password stored on your handy password manager that needs your hard token to get into.
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It's going to be interesting to see if we ever catch up in this arms race. What you've described here still won't stop 80% of tracking on the Internet and won't even slow down a state actor.
Right now short of living off grid in a faraday cage we have no privacy. It's all good advice for slowing down the petty Internet hacker, but Google, Facebook, and the government still have access to everything, and it seems more and more service providers block access through VPNs by the day.
That's true. This is the very minimum you should employ.
If you want further config...
No internet history, wipe cache, and temp data, then rotate add I'd
Use a fresh disposable VM for each internet seasion
Customize Firefox for privacy
Don't use windows, use Linux
Don't use your web browser in full screen mode, rotate sizes
Use a secure DNS, and a DNS sinkhole
I guess that's kinda where I'm at though. At that point the computer is basically useless to me, which is exactly how they wanted it.
Fortunately I don't have to do anything too sensitive anymore. But still, they are watching.
Depending on the county.
Just use a derp VM, and a separate sensitive vm
