Surveillance Self-Defense | Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications

Surveillance Self-Defense | Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications

 

In 2018, digital security is only going to become more important.
Here are steps you can take now to lock down your digital data and
protect your privacy.
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☑️ Determine your security needs by making a threat model.

Start by assessing your risks— also known as threat modeling—to
determine where you should begin, by asking questions like “What do I
want to protect?” and “Who do I want to protect it from?”
https://ssd.eff.org/en/playlist/activist-or-protester… ‍‍
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Secure your data on social networks, where taking control of your
privacy often means changing the default privacy settings and opting out
of third-party data-sharing relationships.
https://ssd.eff.org/…/m…/protecting-yourself-social-networks
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Want to use Facebook in a more private way? Check out our tutorial for
enabling the one-click privacy setting to retroactively change all your
past posts to be visible to your friends.
https://www.eff.org/…/most-powerful-single-click-your-faceb… ‍‍
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Install Privacy Badger to protect yourself from third-party tracking
cookies (added benefit: you’ll stop seeing ads for holiday sales follow
you across the web) https://eff.org/pb
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☑️ Make better passwords:
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Come up with new passwords for the new year. Here are some ideas to keep in mind:
1) have a unique one for each site
2) make each random
3) make each long.

Learn more at https://ssd.eff.org/…/animated-overview-how-make-super-secu…

Here’s our guide to creating strong passwords: https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/creating-strong-passwords

Install a password manager so you can update, store, and manage your unique passwords easily https://ssd.eff.org/…/animated-overview-using-password-mana…
‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ ☑️ Use HTTPS as much as possible by downloading the browser extension HTTPS Everywhere. https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍
‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ ☑️ Use end-to-end encryption to protect your information from nosy eavesdroppers.

Check out an overview of end-to-end encryption tools for chat, email and calls at SSD: https://ssd.eff.org/en/playlist/activist-or-protester…

Not sure why you might want to use end-to-end encryption? Check out our
explainer for how end-to-end encryption differs from transport-layer
encryption: https://sec.eff.org/materials/Transport-Layer-vs-End-to-End
‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ ☑️ Set up your websites to be more secure:
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Our Keeping Your Site Alive guide can help you evaluate the right service for you: https://www.eff.org/keeping-your-si…/choosing-your-web-host…

Then, help visitors to be more secure on your site. Use EFF's Certbot tool to get your site on HTTPS for free. https://certbot.eff.org/
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There are many more steps you can take to protect your data in our Surveillance Self-Defense guide. Read more at https://ssd.eff.org/en.