[howto] Privacy and security are important, short list of do and don't

[babo]

# HOWTO

LINK	.	ARCHIVE
Hardening firefox	.	archived
how migrate from gmail to safe place & bash script included for migration	.	archived
Security and Privacy Encylopedia	.	.
Forum account: security, privacy, and recovery	.	.
Bitcoin security resources.	.	archived
Bitcoin privacy resources.	.	.
Bitcoin privacy guide.	.	.
Why beginners should pay attention to their privacy	.	.
Guide and advice for new Users before you Download anything from the Forum.  @Lafu	.	.
Crypto Security - Additional Protection For Your Seed/Private Keys. @Lucius	.	.
Bitcoin’s Public-Key Security Level. @nullius	.	.
Bitcoin Privacy - How easy it is for someone to find all your wallets addresses. @bitmover	.	.
[Guide] Protect your Crypto: Security tips for your home computer & network. @aundroid	.	.
Why KYC is extremely dangerous – and useless. @1miau	.	.
Authentication: Types, Risks/ Attacks, Advice. @OcTradism	.	.
Hope people that give out personal address safe? Ledger wallet users' attacks. @Charles-Tim	.	.
Protecting Your Account. @LFC_Bitcoin	.	.
[Guide] How to know if your email address was part of any data breach. @nelson4lov	.	.
Basic security guide (firewall, backups, antivirus..) @testbug	.	.
Privacy at risk using mobile phones. Not only Bitcoin-related. @fillippone	.	.
{Warning}: Many 2FA hardware are vulnerable to attacks. @Baofeng	.	.
Aegis Authenticator, a decent alternative to Google Authenticator and Authy. @mk4	.	.
Brave browser hijacking links and affiliate codes! @notblox1	.	.
Hacker blackmailing me and ask for money. Did you also get this email? @sujonali1819	.	.
Crypto security: Passwords and Authentication (Livestream -aantonop) @Andreas Antonopoulos	.	.
[GUIDE] Disposable Email Address for anonymity. @Jawhead999	.	.
How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V. @LoyceV	.	.
Cyber actors are now targeting Tor exit nodes to perform SSL stripping. @cryptomaniac_xxx	.	.
Let's talk about Privacy. @bitmover	.	.
{WARNING} Cybersecurity vulnerabilities/flaws: Linux and Mac users (04.02.20). @TheBeardedBaby	.	.
#DeGoogle - Take back control of your privacy. @xxjumperxx	.	.
[Howto] Use Ledger Nano as Security Key. @aundroid	.	.
Discord Deskt. client can steal your Password,Cryptocurrencies via PM Link! @Lafu	.	.
Overview on browsers. Which one should we use? Support free web while browsing. @bitmover	.	.
[Eng: Tutorial] PGP Signature - Encrypt/Decrypt message - Fingerprint. @mdayonliner	.	.
[LEARN] Phishing Quizzes - Beginners & Experts. @dkbit98	.	.
[Tips and Information] Privacy and How to Stay Anonymous Online. @Krislaw	.	.
How to Install Tails OS on USB flash drive for Wallet Purpose. @DroomieChikito	.	.
[BEWARE] Sim Port Attack. @GreatArkansas	.	.
[GUIDE] How to Create a Strong/Secure Password. @GreatArkansas	.	.

[OcTradism]

Can I join with some topics and resources I knew as helpful for privacy and security practice. They are good resources for learning while to apply these dos and don'ts well in practice, it's quite challenging. People must practice a lot (after learning enough) and be very disciplined for having good security and privacy while never stop learning more.

Security and Privacy Encylopedia
Forum account: security, privacy, and recovery
Bitcoin security resources.
Bitcoin privacy resources.
Bitcoin privacy guide.

[apogio]

How about adding the dedicated privacy.php page that's included in the forum already?

It's this one: https://bitcointalk.org/privacy.php

I mean, you could extract valuable information from this page and it's not limited to the forum itself.


Also this post is great: Why beginners should pay attention to their privacy

[hugeblack]

Great, I'll try Mailbox.
Wouldn't it be better to give a brief description of the links?
Brief of what to do and what to avoid.

[TokenTikas]

Wow, this is very good, thank you for sharing the links. I found a few more links and I am sharing them, if you can add them, please add them.

Security and Privacy Topics on Guides and Protection.

1: Guide and advice for new Users before you Download anything from the Forum.  @Lafu

2: Crypto Security - Additional Protection For Your Seed/Private Keys. @Lucius

3: Bitcoin’s Public-Key Security Level. @nullius

4: Bitcoin Privacy - How easy it is for someone to find all your wallets addresses. @bitmover

5: [Guide] Protect your Crypto: Security tips for your home computer & network. @aundroid

6: Why KYC is extremely dangerous – and useless. @1miau

7: Authentication: Types, Risks/ Attacks, Advice. @OcTradism

8: Hope people that give out personal address safe? Ledger wallet users' attacks. @Charles-Tim

9: Protecting Your Account. @LFC_Bitcoin

10: [Guide] How to know if your email address was part of any data breach. @nelson4lov

11: Basic security guide (firewall, backups, antivirus..) @testbug

12: Privacy at risk using mobile phones. Not only Bitcoin-related. @fillippone

13: {Warning}: Many 2FA hardware are vulnerable to attacks. @Baofeng

14: Aegis Authenticator, a decent alternative to Google Authenticator and Authy. @mk4

15: Brave browser hijacking links and affiliate codes! @notblox1

16: Hacker blackmailing me and ask for money. Did you also get this email? @sujonali1819

17: Crypto security: Passwords and Authentication (Livestream -aantonop) @Andreas Antonopoulos

18: [GUIDE] Disposable Email Address for anonymity. @Jawhead999

19: How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V. @LoyceV

20: Cyber actors are now targeting Tor exit nodes to perform SSL stripping. @cryptomaniac_xxx

21: Let's talk about Privacy. @bitmover

22: {WARNING} Cybersecurity vulnerabilities/flaws: Linux and Mac users (04.02.20). @TheBeardedBaby

23: #DeGoogle - Take back control of your privacy. @xxjumperxx

24: [Howto] Use Ledger Nano as Security Key. @aundroid

25: Discord Deskt. client can steal your Password,Cryptocurrencies via PM Link! @Lafu

26: Overview on browsers. Which one should we use? Support free web while browsing. @bitmover

27: [Eng: Tutorial] PGP Signature - Encrypt/Decrypt message - Fingerprint. @mdayonliner

28: [LEARN] Phishing Quizzes - Beginners & Experts. @dkbit98

29: [Tips and Information] Privacy and How to Stay Anonymous Online. @Krislaw

30: How to Install Tails OS on USB flash drive for Wallet Purpose. @DroomieChikito

31: [BEWARE] Sim Port Attack. @GreatArkansas

32: [GUIDE] How to Create a Strong/Secure Password. @GreatArkansas

Someone named Rich222 had arranged and posted them, from there I got them and tried to present them here. These links are very important, if any of them can be added here, it will be even better.

[babo]

move changelog for give more space

CHANGELOG
2025-08-28 - added many links
2025-08-25 - added guide for migrate from gmail


-- updated --

I've updated the list by manually adding all the links you've highlighted. There are so many, perhaps it would be worth splitting them up somehow.
I don't know, theme, alphabetical order, there are really so many.
For me the theme

[Ambatman]

I always love thread that are encyclopedic in nature.
I will find time to check out these threads. Definitely going to help broaden my horizon.


I'd like to add this because it was an information I learnt about this year despite being in the forum for sometime
Fees are low? Make your coins more private and (almost) quantum safe!
It's about address reuse by D5000, it talked about the risk of address reuse on privacy and security.
If it meets the requirements of the list you can add it.

[Lillominato89]

I think this is the best collection of privacy-related topics I've ever seen. Congratulations, Babo, and thank you for taking the time to share this information with us all.
I just found this thread today, and there are so many topics I don't know where to start. I'm really interested in the link on mailboxes, and I think I'll put it to good use.

[babo]

I'll try, I'll try to keep it updated and archive it, you never know, one thread at a time
I find it very important to protect your safety
so I care a lot about this topic, in the past I also did a safety course so that people could understand how to do it
if anyone is interested, but it's in Italian

[DYING_S0UL]

A very useful collection of links indeed! After going through the list, I realised there were many topics that I have never come across before. Thank you babo for putting this together and compiling the list. At AOBT, after each finished topics, we usually propose different topics that are suitable for translation, and after glancing through your list, I can already see several and some of which we have already worked on! I'll be using this list LOL.