Online danger can take many forms, from men tearing apart your comments on social media to harassment and doxing. How do you keep safe?
Online danger can take many forms, from men tearing apart your comments on social media to harassment and doxing. How do you keep safe?
I went for a gender neutral name on lemmy despite being a girly girl. The MRA sorts are a lot less likely to attack you IME! I then started a women’s group so thought I may as well give myself a girly girl name.
On social media I know when to walk away, and usually can. It’s frustrating if someones attacking you in comments, and hitting your head on a brick wall just hurts your head.
I never have my location on when posting on social media. I mix up usernames, registration emails etc to stay safe. I never give out my location, post photos or my name.
So far it’s worked!
these are all great!
Here’s a resource on more ways to approach safety and security online: https://ssd.eff.org/
This is also a useful resource: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/
and some tips that come to my mind (some of these overlap with the EFF guide):
Remember that in this day and age, the enemy includes the government, ISPs, and tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, etc.
Holy shit Dandelion that’s amazing! Do you work in tech? And can I refer people to your comment in future? It’s really, really useful
Edit: downloading that app now
Yes, I’m in tech - and of course, feel free to share this comment. It’s just pulled out of nothing, though - so I’m sure there’s a lot I’m missing 😄 Still, whatever helps - also happy to answer questions or help in other ways!
Great thanks Dandelion 😊