What are /r/SmashingSecurity's favorite Products & Services?

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It's never too late to start using a password manager. One tip is to add one password at a time, so the next time you're logging on to what ever site it is then add the password to the password manager - and change it too if you like. Adding 200 passwords in one go is a bit of a hassle.

When it comes to VPN I'm using from the Darknet Diaries is using it and advertising it too. Now you have two to start testing out.

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If you're really interested, have you heard of Cybrary?

https://www.cybrary.it/

Free video courses, including some awesome security courses for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. You can even get certifications. They have a payed Pro subscription with some benefits like a mentor and labs and also some payed courses so you're not paying with your privacy to keep it alive. Have a look. They're pretty well know afaik.

There are a whole bunch of alternatives listed here:

https://alternativeto.net/software/mailinator/

I can't say I've ever used one enough to form a judgement regarding whether one is better than another.

I used to use LastPass years ago, but then they had two breaches in four years (2011, 2015), and more incidents after that (2015, 2017). I won't go back.

Bitwarden is really good, and you can host it yourself if you're comfortable with managing your own VPNs (and Docker). If you don't want to host it and just want to use their cloud, that's fine, too.

Also, 1Password is amazing. I moved to them last year since we use it for work. It has a lot of tools such as being able to sign into multiple vaults, pwnchecking passwords, password history, etc.

VPN: depends on how into security you are. ProtonVPN... I want to love them, but I have had nothing but trouble with them recently. Too many destinations are blocked when using them, and the speed hasn't been great. I use ProtonMail as my primary, so it saddens me to have to admit to this.

I currently use Windscribe mostly. I realize they are in Canada (five eyes etc), but their service has been rock solid on Windows, Mac, Linux (Chromebook), iOS and Android for me. Also, they are now offering business and residential static IPs for an additional cost per year.

Back in the day, I used PrivateInternetAccess, but once they hired Mark Karpeles as CTO of London Trust Media (owns PIA) I stopped using it and let my sub lapse. The Mt Gox BS is too much to go into here, but a quick internet search should do it for you.

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EDIT: Oh! And Mullvad is spectacular. Your VPN account can be totally anonymous as well, depending on how you pay.

That’s a really good question! Yes Apple make an app called Tracker Detect but I’ve heard it’s not everything you’d like it to be. I think I read one time that if you don’t open the app it doesn’t notify you about being followed like an iPhone would.

Indeed, the Russian government has ordered a partial block of ProtonMail, preventing some Russian mail servers from reaching us. We have managed to restore services at this time. More information about the block and our recommendations can be found here: https://protonmail.com/blog/russia-block/

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