• fxomt@lemm.eeM
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    Seems like a mixed guide generally. It’s fine, just some complaints:

    8-12 random characters that are easy to remember and type in when you unlock your device.

    Ironic that this comes from the EFF. Passphrases are much better for this type of stuff, and diceware is practically the gold standard to generate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diceware

    Install Signal

    More of a small complaint, but SimpleX is probably better if you’re aiming for as much security/privacy as possible.

    However if you will, use https://molly.im/ and torbot for android.

    Back up your data regularly and store that backup in a safe place to save yourself from a headache later on. If you’re storing your iPhone’s backups online, we strongly suggest enabling the optional Advanced Data Protection feature, which turns on end-to-end encryption for most of the data stored in iCloud

    I don’t know too much about iCloud but i wouldn’t trust apple with anything.

    Here’s some good alternatives: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/cloud

    Dress for Anonymity and Safety

    No criticism, just FYI this is called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_bloc if you’d like to know more.

    I’m pretty tired so i may have missed or written BS on top, please correct me if i am.

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      I’ve not heard of diceware before. How is it? I personally use a combination of password managers and short phrases which I encrypt using a specific method in my head.

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        One of the best ways I’d say. There are websites that help you generate. Even bitwarden has it implemented iirc

        I recommend at least a five word passphrase, with a number somewhere, and you must generate it only once, each time you regenerate anc pick the easiest password reduces the entropy.

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      12 hours ago

      There are better solutions but its important to keep things simple, also.

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        I agree but it wouldn’t hurt for some of these. Though the guide is fine as i said :)

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      16 hours ago

      I would go with SimpleX and start building contacts that way, especially since the model strongly encourages sharing your contact details IRL via their anonymous QR code.

      Seems a good way to meet like-minded people