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Posted: Sep 26, 2019

Hi, my name is Masha. I’m the founder of Coding Blonde, an entrepreneur, content creator, educator, ex-Googler, stereotype challenger and a girl with big dreams and ambitions.

I started my blog in 2015 and now it’s my full-time job! It’s incredible to have been able to create my own job, but at the same time, I’m almost always exposed to the public – which comes with its challenges– from psychological to privacy concerns.

It’s been over 4 years now since I’ve started my blog and I’ve learned a thing or two about securing my accounts from interviewing cybersecurity experts. Here are my thoughts and advice on the topic.

As a public persona, how do you maintain a sense of privacy online? Do you think complete digital privacy is possible?

It is hard but it is possible to maintain some degree of privacy online even if your account is very very public – from both a content and account perspective.

First of all, you get to decide what you share online. You get to dictate those boundaries – not anybody else. You can choose to share certain aspects of your life, while keeping others private. Your branding and content is entirely up to you!

For example, my boyfriend doesn’t want to be on my social media – and I can choose not to show him. I do talk about having a boyfriend, but he is never in my photos or videos. That’s just one example of how you can maintain privacy when it comes to certain aspects of your life.

Another big thing for me is not sharing my exact location. When I worked at YouTube before starting my blog, I witnessed some bloggers getting stalked and harassed after the location of their flat was leaked. Since then, I never share my exact location and I don’t advise anyone who has a public account to do so. Even sharing the view outside of your window can be a bad idea, so be cautious when it comes to that.

From an account perspective, I keep my business and personal accounts separate. I don’t add my audience as friends on Facebook or any other personal social media accounts – unless I’ve met them in real life and, you know, we’re friends offline!

I believe that every person has a right to have digital privacy. And yes, it can be achieved – you just have to be proactive about it.

What kind of steps do you take to secure your work accounts? Do you consider yourself to have strong security habits?

Securing my business accounts is one of my top priorities. Here is a list of things I practice:

  • I regularly change passwords on all my accounts
  • I have 2-factor authentication enabled
  • I use different and complex passwords for all my accounts, auto-generated using a password manager
  • All of my passwords are securely stored in a password manager
  • My accounts are registered under a different email than the contact email that I display on my social media
  • I don’t login into my accounts on public Wi-Fi, but either use data or a VPN in that case
  • I make sure that all of my software and apps are up-to-date
  • All of my devices are password protected
  • I limit the number of IoT devices I use – to protect myself from potential vulnerabilities

I think that I’m taking good measures to secure my accounts. However there’s always a way to improve your cybersecurity habits – especially with new threats coming out all the time.

For example, I’ve recently read that Bluetooth connected devices might be exposing us to additional threats, so I’m currently researching the topic and to see how I can limit my vulnerabilities when it comes to devices that need Bluetooth.

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