How Can You Prevent Situations Like This In the Future? What Are Some Things I Can Do?
1. Passwords
- Make sure that you use different passwords for each account or site.
- To make your password harder to guess, use upper and lower cases, numbers, special marks, and spaces.
- If you have a bad gut feeling about your security, change your passwords every now and then.
- DO NOT SAVE YOUR PASSWORDS IN YOUR BROWSER. If you’re having trouble with remembering all your passwords, consider using a password manager or writing them on physical paper.
2. Password Manager
- Password manager is an app, website or an external drive that saves your passwords, allows you to check if any of your passwords had been leaked recently and lets you create strong, randomly generated passwords. There’s a variety of password managers - do your own research about the one you’d like to use.
- If you don’t want to trust a program with your passwords, then keep them written down somewhere safe instead.
3. Browsers + Browser Extensions
In terms of your security, here’s a list of good browsers:
- Mozilla Firefox : the best option for those who like to tinker with the settings and extensions; If you like to customize your browser (and spend your time on it), it’s the best choice for you!
- Tor Browser : more advanced one, requires more knowledge from you and allows you to get to places that weren’t accessible for you before. It hides your identity, but the overall connection can be slower.
- Brave Browser : great privacy right on the start, built in ad-blockers and prevents fingerprinting your machine; good option for those who are just starting to get more aware of their privacy.
- Opera GX : with built in ad-blocker and other useful stuff, it’s indeed a secure browser. But when it comes to your privacy, things get a little suspicious here. The built in VPN is not that reliable, and overall, Opera highly relies on 3rd party services to collect your data - which could lead them to selling your personal information.
- Safari : it’s a safe option, especially if you use lots of Apple devices, though it only lacks customization options.
Why are the most popular browsers not advisable?
- Google Chrome : their privacy policy is A MESS. It collects massive amounts of information about you and there were some cases where Google actually sold some of their data to others. Data of the users included.
- Microsoft Edge : as above: tracking, tracking, and more tracking. Edge tracks your location, IP address, and other things.
4. Antivirus Programs
You should have an antivirus program on your device.
- Windows Defender : basic option, but quite reliable.
- Avast Antivirus : free and good basic protection, especially for Android devices. But, Avast has some things behind their backs. In 2020, they were caught selling personal information of their clients to Google. Moreover, Avast is expensive, if you want to unlock its full potential.
- Bitdefender : contains a password manager, webcam protection, VPN (with limited data usage per day) and an advanced ransomware protection. The catch? It’s not free.
- Malwarebytes : free version of it doesn’t provide real-time protection; allows you to perform manually requested scans. The paid version gives you more options and better security.
Of course, those are only a few available options with summaries about their pros and cons. Best do your own research before you install anything!
5. Other Tips
- Enable the option “Clear all cookies when closing all tabs” in your browser.
- Avoid downloading suspicious and fishy links from random websites.
- Always double check the URL of a website to see if it’s legit.
- Don’t fall for scams.
- Avoid giving your passwords to strangers.
- Run a malware/antivirus scan from time to time.
- Check your Trusted Devices list in Hoyoverse Account Settings for any untrusted devices to remove them.
- Change your passwords every now and then to make it even less likely for being hacked.
- Use extensions like “https everywhere” which forces to use safer protocol “https” for secure connection.
- Avoid reusing your passwords on other websites and accounts. Try to have a different password for everything.
Spend time on increasing your security to avoid being hacked!
Make sure to read another related content
1. What You Should Do If Your Account Got Hacked
2. A Guide to Secure Your Genshin Impact/HoYoverse Account
- Part 1 | How To Secure Your Account
- Part 2 | How Do We Get Hacked?
- Part 3 | How Can I Secure My Account Better?
Reference
From r/GenshinHacked, "A Guide To Secure Your Account" by u/genshin-hacked
