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>Tools

While this process is largely one that has to be implemented by the user themselves, there are some tools which can make the process easier. The biggest issue being, how do we manage all these separate persona's, their usernames, passwords and addresses? The one i will mention here is KeePassXC, this software allows us to store our digital identities including usernames, passwords, email addresses and features a notes section for any additional information. If you're thinking, doesn't this break our compartmentalization? You're not wrong to some degree, but i believe the benefit outweighs the risk in most scenarios. The upside of using KeePassXC is that we can maintain many different "internet facing" identities in a single locally stored database which can be further encrypted for our protection. KeePassXC is an open source software which does not feature any cloud storage of your database, which is important, given the recent events with Lastpass.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lastpass-hackers-stole-customer-vault-data-in-cloud-storage-breach/
Find out more about KeePassXC
https://keepassxc.org/

>Conclusion

In this week's discussion we covered a very broad topic, and one that is arguably the most difficult to assess, monitor and rectify. Every user is going to have a significantly different "footprint", and because of that, their concerns, requirements and the steps taken will be different as well. I believe the important takeaway from this week is that we have to be constantly conscious of our persona's online and protecting the ones we deem most important or sensitive by not linking them together both in our conversations online and by the re-use of account information.

>Additional reading

https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/online-privacy-through-opsec-and-compartmentalization-part-1
https://blog.securityevaluators.com/technical-anonymity-guide-658a53adff5b