Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
espite the seemingly endless hack attacks, and a recent Pew study showing that Americans feel powerless to protect themselves against intrusions on their online privacy, few Americans do much in the way of adopting privacy enhancing measures. But one privacy advocate has some advice: Do it. “Resistance is not futile if you are not aiming for 100-percent perfection,” says Nico Sell, co-founder of encrypted messaging service Wickr and organizer of hacker conference Def Con. Here are some low-tech tips to reduce your digital footprint and exposure. Self Censor: Search The problem: Search engines such as Google have built their business models on selling keywords from user searches to advertisers, so searches are never private. The solution: Don’t ask Google anything you would not be comfortable sharing publicly—with your boss, lover or worst enemy. By self-censoring, you limit the information Google can sell advertisers. For highly sensitive searches, for example, health queries, go offline and ask your doctor. Another option? Avoid searching on Google altogether, says Adi Kamdar, an activist with the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation. “You could also use search tools that don’t collect data about you, such as DuckDuckGo.” Looking for an alternative to Gmail? Protonmail is a freemium […]
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