Easy ways to protect your Privacy & Security
There are not too many articles out there that simply list out ways to do these things, so here you go.
Ditch Google Chrome or Internet Explorer, use Safari or Firefox. If you love Chrome, do what I do and don't sign in with your google account.
Get a VPN, my favorite being TunnelBear. VPNs hide your IP address, and encrypt your internet traffic, so your internet provider or somebody snooping on your WiFi can't read it.
Set your browser settings so that they delete history/website data after a day or so.
Make sure to get a free browser extension that blocks tracking companies such as Ghostery or Disconnect.
Don't use Gmail or any other 'free' provider if you can. Buy your own domain/server. lasixfive.net and all the @lasixfive.net email addresses are hosted on Mediatemple. Obviously this is impractical for some people.
For nerds like me, set up PGP encryption using my favorite e-mail client, Thunderbird.
Use a antivirus program like Avast,
And lastly, as funny as it sounds, use DuckDuckGo rather than google.
Use SSL encryption by default. If you don't know what that is:
   http://www.lasixfive.net/
   https://www.lasixfive.net (warning SSL on my website is a bit buggy)
https is SSL encryption, which helps prevents snoopers from snooping and keeps your data safe (say, you were browsing amazon.com and purchasing some stuff.)
Get an antivirus. Again, I recommend Avast.
Setup anti-spam on your email. Alot of clients, such as Thunderbird, Apple mail, Gmail, Outlook, already have these built-in.
Follow the tips under privacy, a lot of that applies to security too.
Al ot of security has to do with your own habits. Use common sense.
If you own a website, get CloudFlare
Well that about wraps up what I know about privacy and security, if you have any tips, feel free to leave them below.
Note: While I'm pretty sure that these won't cause any problems, if they do, I'm not responsible. If you do anything bad with these, I'm not either.
