How unsafe is having overloaded sockets and what can I do instead?

Since working from home, I am using more devices than ever before. Does it matter if we have lots of devices plugged in to one adaptor? What can we do to be more safe? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/experts/article-8957285/How-unsafe-having-overloaded-sockets-instead.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490