1. To transfer information across the border, create an encrypted volume, store it on a cloud provider, and download it when you return. Unfortunately, it's more complicated to do this than it should be, so people hoping to do it need individualized instruction. Also, particularly for refugees, there are legal implications to doing this. Ultimately, the simplest recommendation is: don't bring information across the border at all. Go without.
2. Because Chrome is significantly more secure than Firefox. See: rest of thread.
3. Because no email provider is truly safe, and Google's mail service is better defended than virtually any other mail provider. Things like Protonmail are security gimmicks. If you're concerned enough about messaging safety to use some idiosyncratic email provider, you're concerned enough to stop using email for secrets altogether: use Signal, WhatsApp, or Wire.
4. Because a Chromebook is safer for a typical user than Linux, and also because there's a (remote) chance that people might actually use a Chromebook. The security challenges of 2017 are not an opportunity to finally achieve Linux On The Desktop.
5. The list's most contentious recommendation is a rebuke to Google.
6. Standalone 1Password isn't a cloud-based password manager. People should avoid cloud-based password managers.
2. Because Chrome is significantly more secure than Firefox. See: rest of thread.
3. Because no email provider is truly safe, and Google's mail service is better defended than virtually any other mail provider. Things like Protonmail are security gimmicks. If you're concerned enough about messaging safety to use some idiosyncratic email provider, you're concerned enough to stop using email for secrets altogether: use Signal, WhatsApp, or Wire.
4. Because a Chromebook is safer for a typical user than Linux, and also because there's a (remote) chance that people might actually use a Chromebook. The security challenges of 2017 are not an opportunity to finally achieve Linux On The Desktop.
5. The list's most contentious recommendation is a rebuke to Google.
6. Standalone 1Password isn't a cloud-based password manager. People should avoid cloud-based password managers.