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How to check how safe you are? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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from a security and privacy point

and not surface stuff like "whats my ip" "whats my fingerprint" (someone said the fingerprint checking sites are useless idk) or "is tor connected"

tdlr: i want to know tools to find where the security/privacy holes are

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[–] pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Yeah, sure. I meant more like "don't use computers, sit in the basement, don't go out" kind of isolation

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I suppose it depends on how you look at it, but that's not not air gapping per se.

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