Agreed. Operating system security is hard to cover in depth here, but in general, if you were ultra-paranoid, higher net-worth, and don't like mucking around with computers much I would recommend having a dedicated up-to-date iPad you only use to manage financial accounts. Keep all the passwords on the iPad in a password management app with some secured backups in a safe deposit box & elsewhere. iOS is much harder to attack than a standard desktop for almost every user for many reasons beyond the scope of this forum, and as a bonus it's quite easy to learn.Linux is not really more secure than Windows or MacOS. However malware targeting specific OS will probably go with the one with the highest market share.From the technical perspective:
use Linux
use a VPN
use a dedicated password manager, not your browser. Linux's native password manager is called pass
VPN does not protect you from being hacks. It only blocks your ISP from seeing your traffic.
A dedicated password manager in my opinion is better than the one from a browser, but many of the browsers have made good progress.
Again, that's only if you're quite paranoid as that setup costs some money.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ is worth reading through if you're a technical user and you want advice on software, operating system settings, web service recommendations, and so on. Focused on privacy but many of the recommendations are good for security as well.
Statistics: Posted by Aceso — Tue Sep 03, 2024 12:17 am — Replies 26 — Views 2037