What are some good ways to improve privacy and security on Linux?

• firejail

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  Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf sandbox

Firejail is a good option (though not the only one) for sandboxing applications.

• tailscale

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  The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

  

That being said, I keep the ports of my router closed and use tailscale to tunnel.

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• hosts

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  🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

Set up a nice /etc/hosts file to immediately squelch addresses. Use https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts. The docker install is the easiest way. You can automate it with a systemd or cron timer script.

• hosts-update-timer

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  systemd timer that updates /etc/hosts using the StevenBlack hosts repository

I pushed my systemd timer to Github along with a mini install script.

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