Ask HN: How are you handling your privacy/security?

10 points·lnalx··4 comments

Privacy is more and more important than before. It still an investment to get rid of some services which are prominent today (Google, Facebook, etc) and avoid security leaks.

How are you handling your privacy and your security ? (password, encryption, email, identity, etc)

View on HN

Hey, hope this help.

Assuming you're talking about personal data not team or company data.

Passwords - Lastpass, allows for complex, unique passwords, if one is compromised its not the same elsewhere e.g Mark Zuckerberg's latest fuck up.

Encryption - I use PGP encryption for some emails, not all. Use Signal for Android when using SMS.

Identity - Not much on the digital front, however I have completely eliminated physical mail e.g Credit Card Statements. This mitigates information leak because of mail being stolen or read without permission.

Social Media - I deleted FB a while back, although this was a personal choice, not for known privacy reasons.

Google - (They get a category of their own) Basically turned everything off here: https://privacy.google.com/

Using KeePass to encrypt passwords, DuckDuckGo as a search engine, and basically avoiding anything to do with Google as much as I can (such as changing away from my Gmail account). I've tried encrypted emails with PGP and a homebrew encryption program I once write myself, but it's too much of a hassle for common use - especially as most of my contacts are not tech-savvy enough to use PGP themselves.

-Passwords - chrome password manager

-Encryption - Was using cryptocat. now using whatsapp

-Identity - pseudonyms like this one. FinchVPN

-Crypto currencies - BitGo, ShapeShift, 7ZIP to store private keys.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11845689 check it out.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com