# What is your best information security advice? Wrong answers only **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Feedback\ **Created:** [August 5, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488 "2025-08-05T12:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phiba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/phiba/32/1784_2.png) [@Phiba](https://community.passbolt.com/u/Phiba)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/1 "2025-08-05T12:53:49Z")
Hey Community! Let’s lighten things up today with some hilariously bad takes on security advice. We’ll start. Remember, wrong answers only 🥸 🚨: _Never update your software; newer versions introduce more bugs anyway._ Your turn! What’s the best information security advice? Wrong answers only! ---
**Author:** ![antony](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/antony/32/3130_2.png) [@antony](https://community.passbolt.com/u/antony)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/2 "2025-08-05T12:58:30Z")
I’d say either store all passwords in a file named “NOT\_PASSWORDS.txt” on your ~/Desktop or click all email links immediately to verify they’re safe before they expired 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![Victor09](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/victor09/32/5194_2.png) [@Victor09](https://community.passbolt.com/u/Victor09)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/3 "2025-08-05T13:00:01Z")
Why use a password manager? Just put your passwords in an Excel file with white text, unauthorized users won’t see a thing ! ---
**Author:** ![remy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/remy/32/17_2.png) [@remy](https://community.passbolt.com/u/remy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/4 "2025-08-05T13:51:31Z")
Don’t forget to connect your fridge to the internet! [https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/fridge-caught-sending-spam-emails-in-botnet-attack/](https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/fridge-caught-sending-spam-emails-in-botnet-attack/) ---
**Author:** ![clayton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@clayton](https://community.passbolt.com/u/clayton)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/5 "2025-08-06T07:14:55Z")
Make sure no one else is using your private keys [https://isanybodyusingthisprivatekey.com/](https://isanybodyusingthisprivatekey.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Termindiego25](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/termindiego25/32/5517_2.png) [@Termindiego25](https://community.passbolt.com/u/Termindiego25)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/6 "2025-08-06T08:20:22Z")
If you use a password vault, you should use a master password that you’ll never forget, like your birthday. This happens every year, so you shouldn’t forget it (or at least, people won’t let you) ---
**Author:** ![ishan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/ishan/32/1583_2.png) [@ishan](https://community.passbolt.com/u/ishan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/7 "2025-08-07T07:01:12Z")
Always use public WiFi to make secure banking transactions. Do not use VPN, it may lead to security / privacy breach. ---
**Author:** ![mmichalek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mmichalek](https://community.passbolt.com/u/mmichalek)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/8 "2025-08-07T07:19:29Z")
Classic “Why encrypt your hard drive? Do you have something to hide?” ---
**Author:** ![grzegorz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/grzegorz/32/5174_2.png) [@grzegorz](https://community.passbolt.com/u/grzegorz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/what-is-your-best-information-security-advice-wrong-answers-only/13488/10 "2025-08-25T09:27:17Z")
Do not use any PINs on your phone or laptop - it’s so annoying