News for the Week 2024-04-15

The Prepared Support - April 15, 2024

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  Eric - April 15, 2024
  
  Prepper Chat Night is this Friday evening, Apr 19, on Discord at 6PM Pacific / 9PM Eastern. Join our Discord now at this link so you’ll be ready when the event starts:
  
  https://discord.gg/KXmPpe6H?event=1224348401244569600
  
  Prepper Chat Nights are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month. It’s a (video optional) call where we mostly talk about our recent prepping experiences and lessons.
  
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  Note: The Friday chats aren’t the only reason to join Discord. While the website remains the better place for guides, articles, and experience reports, Discord really shines for conversation or helping someone through an immediate situation. The two work well together, and I use both every day.
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    Eric - April 20, 2024
    
    At yesterday’s chat night we this article on threat modeling and tried sketching our own threat model.
    
    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-mostly-and-love-my-threat-model/
    
    We started with a handful of threats that we wanted to be well prepared for: hackers, a disgruntled ex, mice…
    
    Then for each we got specific about how each of them could hurt us. Were we concerned about survival, property, health… preserving the cotton candy in the walls…
    
    For each combination of threat and asset, we talked about options for protecting that asset from that threat. And occasionally decided that some of those risks could just be accepted without protection.
    
    = Threats (source of problems) =
    
    hackers
    disgruntled ex – newbie hacker
    hurricane
    wildfire
    housefire
    mouse
    flood
    water heater damage
    
    = Assets (what could actually go wrong) =
    
    money
    debit card
    credit card
    identity – name, ssn, address – use to file for unemployment
    access to food/water
    possessions in apartment: carpet, furniture, supplies
    access to shelter
    access to toilet
    immune health
    life
    cotton candy in walls
    
    = Protection (how to mitigate threats to assets) =
    
    Say no when purse company asks if ordering purse for someone in Texas.
    Be careful who you piss off.
    Up-to-date contact info
    LifeLock
    – gave alert of info used for other state unemployment
    – alerts on any usage of information
    – invasive! credit card company blocked cardno upload to lifelock.
    – but locked out of account
    – and they keep warning via email anyway
    – alternative: credit karma shows what loans you have open
    HomeTitleLock – like LifeLock but for home
    change passwords quarterly
    email account reminds password change every 3 months
    2fa on all financial accounts – any account
    credit card notifies via text on each usage
    stash of pemmican
    fire extinguisher
    plan to bug out and related equipment
    red cross contact info
    car bug out kit
    bug out kit buried in front yard
    BB gun
    sanitize house with BAK benzyle chlorate
    sandbags
    pump
    don’t play in flood water
    boat
    flood evac plan to higher elevation
    flood pan
    water sensor in water heater flood pan
    maintenance/plumber contact info
    shop vac
    fans to dehumidify

News for the Week 2024-04-15

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