Get and use a password manager, even if it's the one built into your
browser (but here's a quick plug for Bitwarden, which you can use for free).

Establish strong, unique passwords or passphrases for each account. No
version of this is a strong password: "C0d3.For.L1b". Something like this
may be: "%lDkbj7C!La2W34GQpnB". Something like this may be:
"herbs-reggae-hash-velocity" - but randomly generate your own.

Turn on two-factor authentication everywhere, and avoid 2FA via SMS texts.
Get an authenticator app (again, there are good ones at all price levels,
including free), or invest in a pair of security keys from, e.g., Yubico
(definitely not free - and yes, you want two of them in case you lose or
break one).

***Create an emergency kit with a hard copy of your password manager master
password, the password for your authenticator app, and backup codes for any
sites that offer them.***
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden/comments/143zktj/you_need_an_emergency_kit/


These are the basics of account security today. If you print this out, I
suppose it counts as a white paper.






On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 8:46 PM charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> My esteemed listmates,
>
>  Has anyone come across any articles, white papers or other resources
> sharing what precise steps (not generalized) are recommended in
> creating a new, safer identity on Social Media (the net) after you’ve
> been victimized by ID theft, economic crime(s), etc.?
>
> Patron has some fun ideas for a new business which would launch on
> social media for marketing and budgetary reasons but she’s very
> concerned re: those miscreants finding and victimizing her again.
>
> Thank you so much,
>
> Charles.
>
> Charlotte County Public Library
>