Talk: TechXCite 2024 Personal Security in an AI powered world

At techxcite24, I gave a talk on the steps one can take to secure themselves online in an ever data-hungry world. The talk boiled down most needs into four broad caricatures which I used to explain the best ways to approach online security.

TLDR

• I am an Instagram user

  For those that like being public unfiltered figures on the internet, this is for you.

  • Enable two-factor authentication
  • Do not click on weird links
  • Do not join "Honour your parent" trends
  • Do not reply unprompted DMs
  • Do not join "Giveaways"
  • Do not join "free stuff" government programmes
  • Do not buy products from ADS

• I am not a criminal

  "I am not a criminal, why should I care". Privacy is not because you think you are a criminal, it's because you don't want to be labelled a criminal by the powers that be. No worries, I got you covered

  • Try to use password applications
  • Do not interact with unsolicited communication
  • Reject cookies as often as possible
  • Try to use email relay applications
  • Do not use cracked software

• I am serious about this

  Okay, you want to take security seriously and do your best.

  • Ditch Windows
  • Do not use Google Chrome or Edge
  • Use services like ProtonMail and ProtonVPN
  • Use AD blockers
  • Avoid giving sensitive information to LLMs

• I am not a criminal... I swear

  You love privacy soo much that you risk looking like a drug dealer.

  • Use the tor browser
  • Use operating systems like Arch or Gentoo
  • Do not sign into Google Search
  • Use LLMs locally via tools like Ollama
  • Use Tails OS for extremely sensitive things
  • Use throwaway email addresses