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April 5, 2017

#1820: Security Advice explain

Security Advice

[Cueball is listening to Ponytail who holds her hands out in front of her.]

Ponytail: We’ve been trying for decades to give people good security advice.

Ponytail: But in retrospect, lots of the tips actually made things worse.

[Cueball takes his hand to his chin as Ponytail takes her arms down.]

Cueball: Maybe we should try to give bad advice?

Ponytail: I guess it’s worth a shot.

[Below these two panel is one large and long panel with a long list with 13 tips. The underlined heading and the bracket below it are centered above the bullet list below.]

Security tips

(Print out this list and keep it in your bank safe deposit box.)

* Don’t click links to websites

* Use prime numbers in your password

* Change your password manager monthly

* Hold your breath while crossing the border

* Install a secure font

* Use a 2-factor smoke detector

* Change your maiden name regularly

* Put strange USB drives in a bag of rice overnight

* Use special characters like & and %

* Only read content published through tor.com

* Use a burner’s phone

* Get an SSL certificate and store it in a safe place

* If a border guard asks to examine your laptop, you have a legal right to challenge them to a chess game for your soul.