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=== Safe Browsing and MFA === | === Safe Browsing and MFA === | ||
We rely on a variety of online resources and accounts to help us in our work and to tackle tasks effectively. How we access these tools and how we behave online can have a significant impact on our personal security and the security of the resources we share as members of the Alliance Federation. | |||
Taking control of the information we share with online service providers, limiting the extent to which commercial entities can track our activity, and thinking about how we authenticate to online accounts can all have a security benefit. | |||
We can start where we are and start today. We can choose to share less personal information voluntarily when responding to requests, signing up for services, posting on social media, and make the task of connecting the dots about who we are and what we do on and off line more challenging for attackers. | |||
We can choose to use privacy-enhancing search tools like DuckDuckGo ([https://duckduckgo.com/ duckduckgo.com]), install browser extensions like Privacy Badger ([https://privacybadger.org/ privacybadger.org]), HTTPS Everywhere ([https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere eff.org/https-everywhere]), uBlock Origin ([https://ublockorigin.com/ ublockorigin.com]). We can limit the use of cookies via browser settings, and turn on features that sandbox the links and tracking tools of social media companies ([https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/facebookcontainer/ mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/facebookcontainer]). | |||
When authenticating to online accounts, we can use different identities/usernames/emails for different services; separate work and personal accounts; practice good password hygiene (see our password tips above); and enroll in the MFA schemes provided by online service providers (join the MFA presentation with Ryan and Pier-luc). | |||
Doing even some of these things will make it more challenging for attackers to target us and our colleagues in phishing attacks, to engage in credential stuffing or password guessing. | |||
Join our workshop on October, XXX where we will provide an overview of MFA project! | Join our workshop on October, XXX where we will provide an overview of MFA project! | ||