I’ve been posting a daily series of step for my Facebook friends to secure their digital lives before Trump takes office. The idea is that each step is specific, concrete, actionable, and small: something you really can do in a day. By the time Trump is sworn in, you’ll be reasonably secure against a lot of threats, public and private. I’ll update this post with links as I add new entries.
- 64 days: Introduction
- 63 days: Set up two-factor authentication
- 62 days: Passcode lock your phone
- 61 days: Password lock your computer
- 60 days: Use DuckDuckGo for sensitive searches
- 59 days: Use a password manager
- 58 days: Generate random passwords
- 57 days: Pick a good password for your password manager
- 56 days: Help family members set up two-factor authentication
- 55 days: Use biometrics with care
- 54 days: Choose good answers to security questions
- 53 days: Some sites have bad password policies
- 52 days: Cover your laptop webcam
- 51 days: Beware of listening machines
- 50 days: Restrict app access to your phone’s microphone, camera, and location
- 49 days: Install software updates
- 48 days: Seriously, install software updates
- 47 days: Use Signal for end-to-end encrypted messages and voice calls
- 46 days: Signal as compared to its alternatives
- 45 days: Encrypted email is too hard for mortals to use
- 44 days: If you really want to encrypt your email, use PGP
- 43 days: Encrypt your phone
- 42 days: Use full-disk encryption
- 41 days: Secure your online backups
- 40 days: Audit where your data is stored
- 39 days: Use HTTPS everywhere you can
- 38 days: Tor is probably not right for you
- 37 days: VPNs are a useful tool
- 36 days: Run HTTPS on your own websites
- 35 days: Install an anti-tracking browser extension
- 34 days: Consider an ad-blocking browser extension
- 33 days: Limit web and app tracking on your phone
- 32 days: Location privacy is a lost cause
- 31 days: Delete what you can
- 30 days: Protect your papers
- 29 days: Reduce your own use of surveillance tech
- 28 days: Protect your organizations, too
- 27 days: Parents, teach your kids about privacy and security
- 26, 25, 24 days: Enjoy the holidays with your family and friends
- 23 days: Donate to support digital privacy and security
- 22 days: Be politically engaged on privacy
- 21 days: Give to politically diverse charities
- 20, 19, 18 days: Resolve to make 2017 better than 2016
- 17 days: Reader survey
- 16 days: What are we guarding against?
- 15 days: What are we guarding?
- 14 days: Top five things to do now
- 13 days: Basic security precautions are good for you, no matter what happens with the government
- 12 days: Security and politics are about effective action
- 11 days: Question how you know what you think you know about the news
- 10 days: Be secure at protests
- 9 days: Maybe don’t check the news every two minutes?
- 8 days: You know who didn’t take security seriously? Hillary Clinton.
- 7 days: Catch up on security steps you’ve been meaning to take (mine was HTTPS)
- 6 days: Dispose of old devices securely
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