Ask HN: What changes have you made to your internet usage since 2013 (Snowden)?

#1

Post by queeerkopf » Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 12:12 PM UTC

Why?

And Which changes did you intend to make but haven't done (yet)? Why?

Re: Ask HN: What changes have you made to your internet usage since 2013 (Snowden)?

#2

Post by TurboHaskal » Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 1:18 PM UTC

    - [x] Auto censorship
    - [x] VPN
    - [ ] No Google services (still using Google Maps)
    - [ ] No Microsoft (ended up liking Windows 10)
    - [ ] YubiKey or similar (such a PITA)

Re: Ask HN: What changes have you made to your internet usage since 2013 (Snowden)?

#3

Post by BjoernKW » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 5:48 PM UTC

My website has been https-only for some time now, which is partly due to Snowden but mostly just because it's good Internet hygiene.

There's also been an - unfortunately very slight - uptick on encrypted email usage for me but for the most part I've resigned to the fact that email probably will never be used as a secure communication protocol by a significant number of people which is why I resort to other services and protocols for secure communication.

I also use a password manager and 2FA religiously wherever possible.