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How to Keep Hackers from Destroying Your Digital Life

4 pointsby Jimmc4143 months ago

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Terr_3 months ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;AcfYR" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;AcfYR</a><p>TLDR: Compromised desktop using an &quot;AI plugin&quot; from Github, didn&#x27;t use 2FA when accessing employer&#x27;s remote password vault service, so all those other credentials compromised too.<p>Ideally, have 2FA on everything (not just any &quot;vaults&quot;, but everything inside it too) and try to make sure nobody compromises <i>both</i> your computer and your other-device at the same time, whether it&#x27;s a code-fob or a smartphone. Oh, and don&#x27;t download sketchy stuff, but with supply-chain attacks these days that&#x27;s getting a lot harder.<p>I find myself yearning for a &quot;dumb&quot; time-code on an air-gapped keyfob, plus a small device like a Raspberry Pi for a self-hosted password store that requires the fob-code for a very locked-down remote access. Encrypted at rest, too. Ultimately, I&#x27;m much more afraid of a sneaky pervasive software compromise than some <i>unusually</i> well-prepared thief.