Little things that keep you and yours safe

CryptoGandalf
3 min readJan 14, 2021

Let’s start this year with essential protection tips for everyone. Last year there were so many scams and hacks that I think the following simple advice is necessary. Better to be safe than sorry.

Okay, before you start investigating and studying the blockchain and cryptocurrency world, let’s make your office safe against cyberattacks and hacks. Here are the basics. Let’s fix your hardware to stand against any anonymous hacker. Update all your software up to date and use excellent virus protection and VPN to all devices you will use, including mobile phones. Surfshark, for example, is a perfect choice, and it comes at an affordable price.

Next, do not ever connect your laptop or cellphone with what you use for your accounts to any free or public wifi networks. And please control yourself, and don’t surf any adult entertainment sites or other little bit suspicious domains with your working tools. Keep your devices clean, mate. Bookmark your important websites, don’t go through search engines, especially don’t click paid ads. There is a big chance you land on a fake version of the site.

First of all, make a new email, encrypted one, there are two excellent free ones in the market, protonmail, and tutanota. Use that encrypted email with all the accounts you will deposit or invest money or crypto, and don’t use this email for any other purpose ever.

Then download the password manager, for example, LastPass or KeePass. They generate a random password for each service…

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