Set Up Screen Lock
First of all, you oughta set up screen lock.
Thankfully, setting up screen lock onmost Linux distrosis easy.
However, the set interval is 15 minutes, which is a bit long.
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Better yet is to lock your screen any time you leave your laptop alone.
To do so, hit Ctrl+Alt+L by default, though you canchange any shortcut on Linux.
These handy programs reroute your connection while also encrypting them in a so-calledVPN tunnel.
VPNs are a powerful tool, but not all of thebest VPNswill work on Linux systems.
ExpressVPN, for example, will only work in the terminal, while NordVPN wont work at all.
This record is public and can be used by your ISP to track you.
To avoid this, you should instead route your DNS requests through one ofthese private DNS serversinstead.
and then enter the new private DNS youd like to use instead.
Use a Privacy-Friendly online window
Finally, you should always use a privacy-friendly online window.
