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What's something that's not common knowledge but you think everyone should know? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Lianrepl@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Specifically thinking of stuff that make your life better in the long run but all kinds of answers are welcome!

I've recently learnt about lifetraps and it's made a huge positive impact on how I view myself and my relationships

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[–] helmet91@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Basic cybersecurity skills, like

don't click on random links in random emails
identify phishing/scam emails
use a password manager & generate long enough passwords
know how long a safe password is
use unique passwords everywhere
use an ad blocker
don't click on sketchy links
identify sketchy links
don't share your personal data when it's not necessary
make offline & online backups
change the admin and wifi passwords of your home router from the factory default
have some sort of a firewall and antivirus software
etc...

[–] dbaner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I would add that if you're using Windows then you don't need a 3rd party anti virus as long as you keep Windows up to date. Many commercial anti virus programs behave more like malware than the things they're meant to protect you from