41 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 22 Aug \ parent \ on: What would you recommend for non-tech people to improve their online security? security
Yeah, I agree with you too.
I think the point I was more trying to make was: don't just think you're safe just because you have the right tools. If you don't have good security practices along with those tools, you can still easily be compromised.
Phishing and social engineering are the obvious examples, but there are other simple ones too like turning off clipboard history (which is turned on by default in windows), setting an automatic lock time on your password manager, etc.
"don't just think you're safe just because you have the right tools." - exactly.
This reminds me the quote from Bruce Schneier:
"If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology."
And yes, my first recommendation for the people is to educate themselves and others. Cyber awareness. However, I sometimes got the question about the "top" (tech) thing what the non-tech people could do for better protection. In addition to the education. Something which helps with preventing the common attacks. Some quick-win or low hanging fruit.
Obviously, we cannot expect that 1, 3, 10, or hundreds technical countermeasures will stop all attacks. However, with several simple things, we can help people to prevent or at least recognize lot of common attacks.
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