I close the blinds before I jerk off.

You mix a little bit 2 things, here is what I do:

Security:

1. Use a password manager for unique and strong passwords for every account
2. Use 2FA (excluding SMS!) whenever possible
3. Be mindful of what I install on my computers and phones, do not install from untrusted sources, don’t open suspicious links and attachments
4. Turn OFF face-unlock on all devices

Privacy:

1. Different usernames on every platform
2. Firefox for web-browsing (with unlock origin)
3. Signal for all encrypted messaging
4. Use my self-hosted VPN for connecting on public/untrusted WiFi
5. Linux on all my computers
6. GrapheneOS on all my phone’s
7. Pihole and Unbound as network level adblocker and recursive DNS resolver

As a conclusion, you don’t need to do nearly as much as me (some do much much more than me) but every step is helping. I feel like I have achieved a reasonable confort/security+privacy ratio with my measures.

Use a private search engine, mail provider, DNS, etc.

1. Firefox

2. Facebook Container:
   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/

3. Google Container:
   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/

4. Newpipe (instead of YouTube on Android):
   https://newpipe.net/

5. Ublock Origin

6. Startpage instead of Google:
   https://www.startpage.com

7. Depending on your country, don’t show your ID to cops unless they have a legit reason (“investigating a crime” is not a reason)

Don’t allow cookies from websites

I create multiple e-mails. One is for social, random accounts. One is to be responsible for more sensitive things like bills and payments.

For:
Use Firefox in private mode only with VPN, Firefox Focus on mobile for non-routine browsing
Mobile device apps, outside of the big three noted above, have no non-connectivity related permissions outside of their sandbox
Use a password manager for all logins which generates a new, random 20 character mixed password for every site

Against:
Have Google Apps for most services, browse on Chrome
Have Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and several other social media accounts
Almost never change my passwords
Carry around a device which transmits my exact location to no less than three major US corporations
Let people know what my privacy protection schemes are on a public internet forum

No Facebook, no Instagram, no TikTok, no Google, no Amazon, no netflix. Basically nothing owned by a company outside the EU

I use Linux and am migrating services to more privacy oriented ones (mainly meaning away from Google). I don’t use conventional social media, only Fediverse related things. I use a VPN. I tried switching to a Pinephone, but it didn’t work out. It’s not a bad start at least.

I always read the privacy policy.

Use a VPN always, use a privacy browser on mobile that blocks crap by default and prevents cross-site scripting, setup 2FA on all accounts, preferably using an authenticator app instead of an SMS code/email, especially your email account and login at your mobile provider, bank and other vital sites, clear browser cookies constantly, clear clipboard constantly, use dedicated browsers for dedicated tasks, install as few apps as humanly possible on your phone, use an email forwarding service and create a new email address for everything you do or sign up for and keep good records and password lists and multiple BACKUPS of your records, don’t install random addons to your browser for one small feature that you hardly use, research every piece of software you install and always prefer open source, avoid software that is no longer maintained, pay attention to the apps on your phone: do they have too much access to your data? Is it worth it to run the app? Can their website work instead of their app? Can you survive by just installing it for the occasional time you need it, then deleting it right after? If so, do that. Apps have way too much access to your info. Voyager PWA is nice because when you dismiss it, it can’t run on its own in the background like a traditional app can. Prefer PWAs over true apps whenever possible for this specific reason, among others.

Make sure your phone isn’t putting too much metadata into the photos you upload. Many people have no idea that the photos they text and post are showing their precise location on a map, so disable location tagging for images on your mobile. Reputable services will strip this data from your images upon upload, but you can also count on some places like Instagram to keep a copy for themselves.

On pc, use a hosts file to block out millions of privacy invading URLs instantly, here’s a constantly updated source for one https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts and keep it updated!

Use Linux on desktop where possible, at least use a live OS for special tasks, use a firewall and install some software that lets you control which applications on your pc are allowed to access the internet.

Understand the EULAs and TOSs that you agree to! They are legal documents. Reading some of them is horrifying, and they’re long to prevent you from understanding them. Firing up a new windows pc is fun for this exercise, because their license agreement literally lets them look at anything you do on the machine. Don’t believe me? Go read it! But most won’t. They’ll just click ‘agree’. Sigh.

Avoid public Wi-Fi at all costs and don’t plug your phone into random ports to charge it, it may be getting hacked while you sip your boba. Instead carry a charger with wall socket if you travel a lot

Turn OFF Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as you move around the world because both of these may be leaving a trail of places your phone attempts to communicate with. Use corded headphones to avoid Bluetooth while roving.

Check the settings for every device, every app on every device, smart tv, every app installed on your smart tv, computer, phone, every service you use like Amazon or Ring or your mobile provider and look for ‘privacy’ settings. Most everyone has an option to ‘not track’ or not ‘share telemetry’ or not ‘help improve our experience’ or other similarly worded nonsense that enables them to slurp your private data. NO! Turn all this off everywhere.

Each of these subjects can be explored more deeply, this is all surface info. Happy to answer questions too

Remember that without using a VPN, your home ip address can likely be connected to your PHYSICAL location, so use a VPN always. Did I already say that?

Always on VPN, no Facebook/ Twitter/ reddit.

No chromium browsers, no Google account. No youtube account. Adblocks on. I use a hardened Linux OS on my main machine, do all internet browsing in a VM spoofed like a desktop from 2015. Live in the woods 20 minutes from a town of <1k. Have tripwire alarms on my trails. Very limited internet(more circumstantial) so I download anything bigger than an app on public wifi(over VPN.)

Hat lined with tinfoil. Think only about 90’s pop music constantly incase tinfoil fails me. They’ll never get me buried treas----

Your call’s late, big mistake You’ve gotta hang about in limbo for as long as I take Next time, read my mind and I’ll be good to you We’re gift-wrapped kitty cats We’re only turning into tigers when we gotta fight back Let’s go, Eskimo Out into the blue

Come take my hand Understand that you can You’re my man and I need you tonight Come make my dreams Honey hard as it seems Loving me is as easy as pie, I

I’m just a love machine Feeding my fantasy Give me a kiss or three And I’m fine I need a squeeze a day Instead of this negligee What will the neighbours say This time

Ive seen a lot of people say changing your password regularly is actually a bad idea. Use a password manager instead

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no script, ad blocs, etc plus I never fill out stuff accurately unless I have to and I have a completely different system for doing anything important. ie. I keep personal work seperate from personal play and seperate still from employment stuff.