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If I had to describe your tips in one line then it'd be:
Good Intentions but overall, bad advice. Again I'm talking more of in an all rounding manner and not just in the hacker context.
- Google Chrome browser is highly recommended. (it's the most secure browser out there)
Arguable point on this, many prefer Chrome but I'd personally recommend you use FireFox. Remember Papa Google is watching and generally speaking most Google products are a privacy nightmare. Maybe Chromium if you
have to use Chrome since the compatibility of extensions and other websites which may force you to stick to one browser is pretty similar for the duo.
- Ghoshery
For some reason every one still recommends this extension. Remember,
Ghostery sold out. Not to mention it did rather
shady business practices like sharing your data with advertisers before it did sell out to some other company.
- Adblock Plus
Another shitfest of an Adblocker, which
whitelists ads which pay it essentially
making it no different from an ad network.. Not to mention it generally sucks and lacks many of the features it's better competitor, uBlock Plus offers.
If you have a secure VPN - that's A+ don't forget to use it all the time.
Decentish advice but it depends on how the end user implements it. If the end user uses some shitty free VPN then it's on them. My tip for this one is
don't use a 14 eyes based VPN. I suggest reading some material off PrivacyTools and ThatOnePrivacySite for tips on how to select a decent VPN.
Overall all I'd add to this is:
- Add a proper staked address so if you are ever hacked you can help prove your identity for an admin like Theymos or Cyrus to quickly verify you and save both you and them time.
- Use a lengthy password possibly stored in an offline and encrypted password tracker like Keepass (don't use Lasspass and the like)
Just my two sats