Hey. Happy Thursday. Really good version of Tom Ryan’s Security Mindset Clubhouse room last night. Talked a ton about personal OpSec. A few links and tips below. The team talked about various strategies to protect security and identity including:
There’s the obvious like not texting or emailing stuff like SSN, Pictures of ID or SS card, using as few identifiers as possible
Using services you have already shared data with instead of signing up for a new service to give more personal information to - like VISA, MC, AMEX… OR using the credit bureaus (Experian, Transunion, Equifax
Using a “standard” fake birthday when signing up for websites
Using a paid service like “Delete Me” to keep your personal data posted on the web to a minimum / remove personal data sold by brokers. How We Work - DeleteMe (joindeleteme.com) (Thanks Eric)
Making sure your family members know “the rules” about posting pictures of you on social
Mixed discussion of letting that happen at all
Stay out of pictures altogether if you can help it (Thanks Jane)
Elixabeth has shared in the past how she works with younger relatives to put together a fake persona for them when they join social. That way they start out NOT exposing their real contact info, but keeps consistent track of the data used.
Much discussion about using “standard” fakes for mother’s maiden and other key identifiers when setting up a non-financial account if you HAVE to use that info.
Using a fake email service like Nada (thanks Dave M) to individualize setup emails, or one time use (to sign up for whitepapers, etc) nada - Disposable Temp Email (getnada.com)
Reading stuff from Michael Bazzell, listening to his podcast, or usign his free workbooks on data removal and credit freeze IntelTechniques by Michael Bazzell (Very useful website.. thanks again Dave)
All in all, I highly recommend joining the Law, Tech and Infosec https://www.clubhouse.com/club/law-tech-infosec club (and Tuesday 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET discussion) as well as the Security Mindset https://www.clubhouse.com/club/security-mindset club (and Wednesday 3:00pm PT/6:00pm ET discussion rooms to see for yourself.)
Watch your 6… See you there.