I used to be a try-hard. I'm not infosec or a programmer, I'm just a person with a computer. I would install every extension possible that claimed to do somethi

I used to be a try-hard. I'm not infosec or a programmer, I'm just a person with a computer. I would install every extension possible that claimed to do something, I encrypted everything, basically following every how-to article willy-nilly and fell down a rabbit-hole[1]. Now I keep things simpler: - social media has been whiddled down to Fediverse and LinkedIn, phone is degoogled - I do send many of my important emails encrypted - My browser has minimal extensions installed --- because I learned about fingerprinting - No cloud, no AI - Never use public WiFi at McDonald's or hotels - I've used Linux for the past 18 or 19 years as my daily, but that isn't a magic shield. In short: didn't get into hardening; some encryption, no cloud; mostly avoiding social media (LinkedIn will soon be deleted). [1]: https://bbbhltz.codeberg.page/blog/2021/04/the-privacy-security-rabbit-hole/ https://bbbhltz.codeberg.page/blog/2021/04/the-privacy-secur...