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> If possible, use a separate computer (an old one or a cheap one purchased for this purpose) for things like banking; if your family computer is the same one t
by theamk 10y ago
> If possible, use a separate computer (an old one or a cheap one purchased for this purpose) for things like banking; if your family computer is the same one that you use for bank transactions you risk having your kids click on a bad link that results in a hacking.
So true! A $100 unrooted Android tablet is almost infinitely more secure than the windows/mac, even with the best antivirus. Or if you like physical keyboard (I do), get a $300 Chromebook and do all your banking there. Just don't login with your primary google account, or someone may install evil chrome extension on it.
- fiddlerwoaroof 10y agoIf you want to go down this route, I'd just use qubes os to run each set of apps in its own vm. Sure, you have issues with vm escapes but it's a lot more convenient than switching devices.
- theamk 10y agoWell, qubes requires technical expertise, and a lot of people have a tablet anyway. My point is, if you want to check online banking, your tablet (ipad|android) is much more secure than your (windows|linux|mac) laptop. For example, here is how I would explain Android security to someone non-technical: "Do not ever enable 'unknown sources' setting, and always refuse if it asks you something about installing a keyboard". Try doing the same for full-featured laptop.