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Personal cybersecurity posture for when you're just this guy, you know?

Victoria Drake on October 07, 2019

“Zaphod’s just this guy, you know?” – Halfrunt, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. The book, not the movie. Definitely not the mo...

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Mario Sánchez García • Oct 8 '19

It was funny and pretty useful!! Nobody expected Spanish Inquisition 😂

Does your VPN go slower than a usual connection? That, and paying, is what makes me stay in the noVPN world 🤔

Thanks for sharing 🙌

Victoria Drake • Oct 9 '19

I mean, maybe it’s a little slower? I really don’t notice it much. I’m using OpenVPN with AWS myself though, so I can choose a VPN location nearby to me. That helps it not be too slow.

Here’s my set up: victoria.dev/blog/how-to-set-up-op...

Thomas H Jones II • Oct 8 '19

This:

If that sounds like boring, old, regular security, you’re correct! Cybersecurity isn’t about finding some magic spell that makes your fruit maximally secure. It’s about making your fruit more secure than the fruit next to you. You do this by employing some thoughtful habits, in much the same way as you learned to lock your front door to guard against fruit-snatching robots.

Reminds me of the hungry bear/lion/etc. analogy: I don't need to run faster than the bear that's chasing us down, I just need to be able to run faster than you.

Victoria Drake • Oct 9 '19

I don’t know about you, but I think the fruit-snatching robot analogy is a whole lot cuter than bear mauling.

Thomas H Jones II • Oct 9 '19

Unless you're a diabetic having an insulin-reaction and can't find your fruit. :p

SavagePixie • Oct 8 '19

Are there any particular VPN providers that you would recommend?

Victoria Drake • Oct 9 '19

The trouble with recommending VPN providers is that recommendations don’t stay evergreen. If dear reader sees this on any day that’s not right now today, any provider I mention may have changed their policies and now I’m a dolt.

The Security in Five Podcast recently went over a top VPN list from Mashable... I’ll find it.

Here it is: mashable.com/roundup/best-no-log-v... I’ve seen ExpressVPN recommended on a few different security podcasts now, so either they’re actually a decent provider or they have really good marketing strategy.