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Machines you do not control.

WHAT TO ASSUME

That anything you type may be recorded.

WHAT TO AVOID ENTIRELY

Banking Anything with significant consequences

WHAT TO DO IF YOU MUST SIGN IN

Use a private browsing window Sign out completely afterwards Change the password afterwards, from a device you trust

WHAT NOT TO DO

Allow the browser to save the password Leave files on the machine Leave the machine unattended while signed in

WHAT TO CHECK BEFORE LEAVING

That you signed out of everything That nothing was downloaded and left That no document remains open

WHAT TO BE AWARE OF PHYSICALLY

People able to see your screen Cameras

WHAT TO USE INSTEAD, WHERE POSSIBLE

Your own phone, on your own data.

WHY

It is almost always safer than a machine you do not control.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT WORK FILES

Never leave them. Use a service, and remove any downloaded copy.

WHAT TO NEVER USE

A public machine for administrative access to anything.


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