Former Tesla autopilot head part

Andrej Karpathythe former Tesla Autopilot head and an ex-Openai The researcher has described practical steps to improve digital privacy and security and a clear roadmap for everyone who wants to better protect your online identity.

What happened: In a new blog post entitled “Digital Hygiene”, which was published on Monday, Karpathy shared a detailed guide to improve privacy and cybersecurity in everyday life.

Here are the highlights:

Passwords, safety key and biometry

Karpathy said that the use of a password manager like how 1password Generates and stores strong, clear passwords for every service. He calls on the users to combine this with a hardware security key – his preferred brand is Yubikey– to secure critical accounts with a physical second factor.

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Data protection-oriented tools

He also recommends signal For safe messages, Brave To surf and search and Nextdns or Pi-hole To block the tracker on DNS level. Karpathie criticizes “intelligent” IoT devices, calls them a considerable risk of data protection and encourages users to avoid them if possible.

Financial and e -mail security

In order to minimize the exposure to fraud and data leaks, Karpathy suggests using services such as the use of services Privacy.com So they generate unique virtual credit cards per dealer and virtual mailboxes instead of real addresses. He also advises on the left with E -Mail -never click on the left and deactivate the charging process to avoid being tracked.

“[Signal] It does not save metadata like many other apps (e.g. iMessage, WhatsApp). Switch on messages (e.g. 90 days standard is good), ”he explained.

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Why it is important: Karpathy's guidelines come at a time when digital threats – from phishing to data injuries – escalate both in frequency and in the sophistication.

According to Statista, social media platforms were the main goal of phishing attacks worldwide in the third quarter of 2024, which made 30.5% of the incidents. Web -based software services and webmail followed exactly and made up 21.2% of the reported attacks.

In the meantime, financial institutions were also targeted, which corresponds to 13% of phishing attempts during the period.

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