And for a non-free but better experience, check out IDM aka Internet Download Manager. Works for everything pretty much.

Do less stuff online. Go actually talk to an actual friend. Buy shit at the store with cash.

Damn! That’s cold. It’s true, but it’s still cold.

Don’t actually send emails to your closest contacts. Share an account with them and put your messages in the Drafts folder. This protects your email from being read since it never gets sent.

Free wifi is so common nowadays that everyone should use a VPN. Who knows who else is on the free network, or what the employees are doing with the data? I set up my VPN on my pfsense router.

Using a separate DNS service (like OpenDNS) can also help block unwanted traffic like adware, ransomware, spyware, etc...

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Get rid of Facebook and Twitter. “But how can I keep up with old friends?!!??!”

1) Never use Facebook.

Yes, this. A Gmail account for all online stuff is easy and smart.

My first trick is to stop fooling myself into thinking I have control over my personal information. Privacy is an illusion. The only way to maintain control of your data is to go off the grid and keep all your money in gold buried in your backyard. You give up your ability to control your personal information the…

Clearly this is a ploy to get everyone to divulge their secret data privacy tricks. You can’t fool me.

• Segment your e-mail addresses. I have one e-mail address that is used professionally and contains my real name, one that is used personally and is only shared among friends, one for all of my developer projects, and finally that stinky old Hotmail address one that I made when I was like 12 and has an anime character…