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I don't know if you've all heard/read about the software from companies such as "hacking team", see e.g. the remote control system:

I was a bit surprised about how easy it is for everyone to use such a tool to hack everything. What they do is to have a really really simply tool (the interface is simple, obviously the security penetration is for highly specialized hackers) that even idiots can use, to hack other people's computer - ALSO LINUX. So Linux is not safe.

For me, I normally don't click links in emails. I don't download pirate software. But I think if somebody should use such a tool against me, they should setup a webpage and after I've visited this webpage my pc would be injected. It's not that I have anything to hide, it's just I want to protect my pc against criminals and get the highest possibly security.

So I've been thinking about "sandboxing" my mozilla browser and chromium browser. I think that should make me >95% more safe, as this is where I imagine criminals potentially could take over my pc. Do you agree that sandboxing the browser is the best defense against criminals taking over one's pc? Exactly which tools/methods are recommended for increasing the security level against such dangerous attacks (they're invisible to virus/malware scanners and exploit 0-day vulnerabilities)?

I also have wireshark, but I'm not clever enough and haven't learned how to analyze my own IP traffic to look for such things in my home network although I would like to learn more about how to detect such attacks. I think this is indeed a very interesting topic, I hope to hear/read good guidelines other than just "don't click links in emails which is suspicious"...

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I have heard that the Secret Services of several counties are moving back to a paper system. Honestly if informations systems security is your goal you should consider learning about "The Tor Anonymity Project," and "The Tails Amnesic Incognito Live System." You should probably also know how to implement "GNU Privacy Guard," and the GPG Tools Suite that goes along with your OS distribution, and your email application. Unfortunate no current computer system should be considered 100% secure. Even systems that have been "air gaped" from a network can be, and have been compromised. The best we can hope for is keeping really critical information in a drawer, or in our heads. ----Best of Luck!

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