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kee80 t1_iuwn4nl wrote

What, in your opinion, is the single best thing a person can do to protect themselves online? Thank you!

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Offsec_Community OP t1_iuwqeox wrote

That is a tough question. I would say improve your knowledge about the threats out there. People are the biggest security risk. You can have all the security features you want but a person can make those useless. Be aware of how hackers are operating these days. Like text message are big now saying it is your bank and you need to click a link. Just be aware of those type of things.

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itspeterj t1_iux3310 wrote

Not OP, but Multifactor Authentication is a huge way to protect yourself. Put it on everything you can. If attackers gain your usernames and passwords from data breaches, MFA can prevent them from getting into your accounts. Also, don't use the same passwords on multiple sites because if somebody hacks LinkedIn (for example) and gets your password, you can bet they'll try to see what else they can access with those credentials.

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Offsec_Community OP t1_iux4zcz wrote

Great advice. That all comes back people being well informed and nonweldable. Some people do not even think about what you just said. Great advice thank you!

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___Tom___ t1_iv0285a wrote

Not OP, but IMHO the single best thing you can do is to not re-use passwords. Use a different password for every website you have an account on, because password leaks are common and your username is often your e-mail these days, and hackers will take a leaked password database and try those e-mail/password combinations on other sites, especially social media, gmail, and others that offer SSO ("log in with Facebook/GMail/Github/etc")

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