Personal Cyber Security CHECKLIST — part 1
Topic — safe web browsing. We've prepared a serial for you. Each part focuses on one topic. No theory, just tips, tricks, and how-tos.
Topic: Safe web browsing We've put together a "serial". Each instalment focuses on one topic. No theory — just tips, tricks & how-tos and tools I use myself. Most of them will be open source.- Don't store passwords in the browser; turn off auto-fill of personal data.
- Keep your browser up to date and remove unused add-ons / extensions.
- Use a browser that doesn't spy on you too much. Good candidates: Brave (*1) or Firefox (*2). You can also use Chrome or Microsoft Edge — with a few add-ons installed, the spying isn't quite so bad.
- Set the default search engine to one that doesn't track you, e.g. DuckDuckGo (*3) — search results will be a bit worse than Google's.
- Don't visit any site that isn't HTTPS-secured (the padlock icon).
- Block trackers and optionally ads with a browser extension — Privacy Badger (*4) or uBlock (*5).
- Regularly clear cookies, temporary files, and the cache. You can use an extension like Cookie-AutoDelete (*6) for automatic clearing.
- Consider using Decentraleyes (*7) to reduce trackable CDN (Content Delivery Network) requests.
- Consider separating browsing areas (e.g. work, social, shopping, etc.) to limit tracking. You can do this with Firefox containers or browser profiles.
- Test your browser configuration with Panopticlick (*8).