The long one
The account settings worth changing before your first deposit
The full sequence, grouped by what stops entry, what limits damage and what tells you it happened.
Series I
Securing your crypto exchange account, before anything happens.
Everything in this series is work you do while nothing is wrong. It is the cheapest security there is, and it is the only kind that is still available to you when something does go wrong.
Entries
Walkthrough
Opening a Binance account: verification, security setup, first deposit
The same settings applied to one platform, in the order that avoids the usual dead ends.
Guide
Which 2FA to use: SMS, app, passkey or security key
Text message, authenticator app, passkey, hardware key.
Guide
Moving your authenticator to a new phone
The migration order, and the recovery route if the old device is gone.
Guide
Where to keep 2FA backup codes
Three storage arrangements that fail, and four that hold.
Guide
How to set up a withdrawal whitelist
Including the split between a holding account and a working account.
Guide
Exchange API key permissions
What each box grants, and why most accounts should have no keys at all.
Guide
How to check login history and devices
Building a baseline now so that a strange entry later has something to be strange against.