I can’t imagine life without it, but I know there was a beforfore time.

  • @beerclue
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    224 hours ago

    Well, that’s why I have a strong user password and disk encryption :)

    Even if they were able to login, I use a heavily customized window manager, keyboard-shortcuts based, and unless they really knew what they were doing, they wouldn’t even know how to start the browser :))

    Anyway, I get it could be a security issue, but I use so many websites daily, for both work and private… All (almost) with 2FA/TOTP, too. I would go nuts if I had to re-authenticate every time I restarted my browser.

    I do take a few measures for privacy. I use separate workspaces for private/work and container tabs, separated for generic/work/amazon/google etc. I also have a few extensions that block ads, trackers, cookies, social integrations, etc. I don’t use any social platform (except lemmy). When I create an account on a website, I use a random/dedicated email account and/or username, with an obscene password that I will never know/see, my password manager handles that.

    I work from home, and in my network I use a custom DNS setup, with firewall rules to force DNS requests to only go through my router (no direct connections from hardcoded ips). As an upstream DNS, I use Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.2/1.0.0.2, adding yet an extra filter. No ports are opened on my network, no remote access possible. For downloading Linux isos, I have a private VPN connection to a buddy in another country.

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying my setup is unbreakable, there are people out there with the skillset to take anything down. I don’t think I upset anyone that much though :)

    If anyone has any ideas on how to be more secure, while not getting inconvenienced, I would love to hear them!