Good call. I am just an average user and these are what I've always been doing:
Android apps:
Check carefully the App permissions for every single app installed/to be installed:
Quote
What's new --(scroll down)--> App info --(scroll to the very bottom)--> App permissions --click "see More" -->... (darn)
1. Avoid if possible any apps asking for "Read phone status and identity"
2. Avoid any non-networking apps asking for "View network connections" or "View Wi-Fi connections"
3. Keep the number of installed apps to the minimum
(4. I don't trust iOS at all
)
Social media:
1. Do not post anything personal
(including my real name
) on Facebook, Twitter and the like.
2. Be extremely careful about exposing own identity
(name, photos, etc.
). For example, on my blog you never find out any private information about me.
3. Obsession with selfies is simply dumb.
General practice:
1. Never post my email address and other personal identity information anywhere directly on any unencrypted websites and for purposes unrelated to account registration or purchasing products.
2. Use multiple email accounts. Separate personal/essential/work-related uses from non-essential uses. Use only dummy accounts in all non-essential places. I registered my
(mostly
) read-only FB account using a dummy email address.
3. On my phone, turn off wifi, bluetooth, and GPS/location tracking when these are not in use.
4. Never consent to terms asking for sending my information to 3rd party whatever for promotion purposes and blah.
5. Likewise, do not accept receiving advertisements whenever possible
6. Process and keep my private information offline if possible. Use an HPC offline instead of an always connected "smartphone".
There may be more. These are just what comes right off the top of my head.
Edited by hpcboy 2020-11-12 1:30 AM