How do you keep yourself safe online?

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How do you keep yourself safe online? - sashimi0 - 08-24-2026

Like "anonymous" or keeping your data safe. Best way to word it, because it's becoming nearly impossible.

I guess I'm wondering what your tips that feed your illusion of being safer online?

Mine:
MailTrackerBlocker
UBlock Origin
Privacy Badger
Facebook Container

Nothing fancy.

RE: How do you keep yourself safe online? - Snickerdoodle - 08-24-2026

(08-24-2026, 01:34 PM)sashimi0 Wrote: Like "anonymous" or keeping your data safe. Best way to word it, because it's becoming nearly impossible.

I guess I'm wondering what your tips that feed your illusion of being safer online?

Mine:
MailTrackerBlocker
UBlock Origin
Privacy Badger
Facebook Container

Nothing fancy.

For levels of safety, I generally dont use my real name or my name in any I fill out online. I prefer to only have my essentials or required things to be submitted to government or commercial businesses for employment or education purposes.

RE: How do you keep yourself safe online? - hacxx - 08-24-2026

Using Tor browser and onion hosted tools helps

RE: How do you keep yourself safe online? - Snickerdoodle - 08-25-2026

im familiar with the names but I never really understood how exactly they add more protection

RE: How do you keep yourself safe online? - Green314 - 08-25-2026

(08-24-2026, 03:32 PM)hacxx Wrote: Using Tor browser and onion hosted tools helps

This.

RE: How do you keep yourself safe online? - miso - 08-25-2026

since im able to now, i got multiple devices to do different things. Got a whole laptop for SL related stuff only.

most of my stuff goes through two routers, one is like a VPN layer, where it just gets all the packets, encrypts and directs it to the VPN, the other one is just the one connected to my ISP. they're wired into each other, and the wireless capabilities of the ISP one have been turned off.

tor is over-rated and i never cared for it. never personally used it either.

RE: How do you keep yourself safe online? - sashimi0 - 08-25-2026

(08-25-2026, 06:45 PM)miso Wrote: since im able to now, i got multiple devices to do different things. Got a whole laptop for SL related stuff only.

most of my stuff goes through two routers, one is like a VPN layer, where it just gets all the packets, encrypts and directs it to the VPN, the other one is just the one connected to my ISP. they're wired into each other, and the wireless capabilities of the ISP one have been turned off.

tor is over-rated and i never cared for it. never personally used it either.

I know for a fact that this is all BS.

RE: How do you keep yourself safe online? - miso - 08-25-2026

(08-25-2026, 07:54 PM)sashimi0 Wrote:
(08-25-2026, 06:45 PM)miso Wrote: since im able to now, i got multiple devices to do different things. Got a whole laptop for SL related stuff only.

most of my stuff goes through two routers, one is like a VPN layer, where it just gets all the packets, encrypts and directs it to the VPN, the other one is just the one connected to my ISP. they're wired into each other, and the wireless capabilities of the ISP one have been turned off.

tor is over-rated and i never cared for it. never personally used it either.

I know for a fact that this is all BS.