Thank you for posting this. I just want to be the one in the class who speaks up to ask what others may be wondering but are too afraid to look stupid and ask. I'm not only a newbie to Steemit, I'm a relative newbie to everything in internet security. I find that all of the posts I've read so far make these statements about what not to do, but it doesn't explain what that actually IS. So, I can try to figure out how each point applies or doesn't apply to me, but there are so many variables to sort through, I never really feel confident that I'm heeding the wise advise or not. For instance, how do you, "use a VPN?" I don't know how.
How do you, "not link accounts together"? I don't even know how to figure out if my accounts are linked together. Can I assume, then, that they are not, because if I knew how to link them, I would know they are linked? I mean, are we talking about how Google asks to have access to this and that app and the user clicks, "yes?" Are we talking about my blog site being linked to auto post to my FB account? It's hard to implement security steps when I have a hard time evaluating which ones apply and where, and if I need to do anything or not.
I recommend that for each point, please include the "steps for complete idiot's guide" that says HOW to know if you are doing the bad security thing, and then all the step of HOW to stop doing the bad security thing. I hope I'm not the only one who is backward this way, and struggle to find the time to google every term I don't get and what the tip is talking about. I really appreciate the tips and the concerns that you share. I just want to be able to actually implement them!! Thank you so much!