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"content": "\n\nAt 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.\n\nTLDR\n\n- I am an Instagram user\n > For those that like being public unfiltered figures on the internet, this is for you.\n - Enable two-factor authentication\n - Do not click on weird links\n - Do not join \"Honour your parent\" trends\n - Do not reply unprompted DMs\n - Do not join \"Giveaways\"\n - Do not join \"free stuff\" government programmes\n - Do not buy products from ADS\n \n- I am not a criminal\n > \"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\n - Try to use password applications\n - Do not interact with unsolicited communication\n - Reject cookies as often as possible\n - Try to use email relay applications\n - Do not use cracked software\n\n- I am serious about this\n > Okay, you want to take security seriously and do your best.\n - Ditch Windows\n - Do not use Google Chrome or Edge\n - Use services like ProtonMail and ProtonVPN\n - Use AD blockers\n - Avoid giving sensitive information to LLMs\n\n- I am not a criminal... I swear\n > You love privacy soo much that you risk looking like a drug dealer.\n - Use the tor browser\n - Use operating systems like Arch or Gentoo\n - Do not sign into Google Search\n - Use LLMs locally via tools like Ollama\n - Use Tails OS for extremely sensitive things\n - Use throwaway email addresses\n\n\n\n\n\n",
"description": "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.",
"path": "/talks/techxcite-24",
"publishedAt": "2024-12-11T15:15:00.000Z",
"site": "https://blog.mainasara.dev",
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"textContent": "\n\nAt 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.\n\nTLDR\n\n- I am an Instagram user\n > For those that like being public unfiltered figures on the internet, this is for you.\n - Enable two-factor authentication\n - Do not click on weird links\n - Do not join \"Honour your parent\" trends\n - Do not reply unprompted DMs\n - Do not join \"Giveaways\"\n - Do not join \"free stuff\" government programmes\n - Do not buy products from ADS\n \n- I am not a criminal\n > \"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\n - Try to use password applications\n - Do not interact with unsolicited communication\n - Reject cookies as often as possible\n - Try to use email relay applications\n - Do not use cracked software\n\n- I am serious about this\n > Okay, you want to take security seriously and do your best.\n - Ditch Windows\n - Do not use Google Chrome or Edge\n - Use services like ProtonMail and ProtonVPN\n - Use AD blockers\n - Avoid giving sensitive information to LLMs\n\n- I am not a criminal... I swear\n > You love privacy soo much that you risk looking like a drug dealer.\n - Use the tor browser\n - Use operating systems like Arch or Gentoo\n - Do not sign into Google Search\n - Use LLMs locally via tools like Ollama\n - Use Tails OS for extremely sensitive things\n - Use throwaway email addresses\n\n\n\n\n\n",
"title": "Talk: TechXCite 2024 Personal Security in an AI powered world"
}