The internet can certainly make life super convenient– like the ability to easily keep up with distant friends and relatives– but it also makes it super easy for other people to know your stuff. Even stuff you don’t want them to know about. So how can we protect our privacy online?
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With recent reports of high profile data breaches, ransomware attacks and the prevalence of online trackers– it’s hard to know how best to protect your privacy online. In this video we met up with the cybersecurity experts at Electronic Frontier Foundation to learn more about who’s snooping on us online and what we can do to protect ourselves. To help you decide how to protect the things you really want to keep private from people you are most concerned about, they recommend something called “Threat Modelling” which consists of 5 questions you should ask yourself:
What do I want to protect?
Who do I want to protect it from?
How likely is it that you will need to protect it?
How bad are the consequences if you fail?
How much trouble are you willing to go through in order to avoid those consequences?
From online data trackers to surveillance at school to open wifi networks, this video dives into a some threats you could potentially face online and how you could protect yourself against those threats.
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ADDITIONAL SOURCES:
Why Online Privacy Matters and How to Protect Yours (TED)
Why online privacy matters — and how to protect yours
Surveillance Self Defense (EFF):
https://ssd.eff.org/en
Blockers for Online Trackers
Privacy Badger (EFF)
https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
Privacy Tools: How to Block Online Trackers (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/privacy-tools-how-to-block-online-tracking
Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability (FTC): https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/data-brokers-call-transparency-accountability-report-federal-trade-commission-may-2014/140527databrokerreport.pdf
Spying on Students: School Issued Devices and Student Privacy (EFF)
https://www.eff.org/files/2017/04/13/student-privacy-report.pdf
Essential Student Privacy and Safety Questions (Common Sense Media):
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/ask-your-kids-school-these-essential-student-privacy-and-safety-questions
Best VPN Service of 2017 (PC Mag)
https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403388,00.asp
Harvard Rescinds Admission of 10 Students over Obscene Facebook Messages (NPR)
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/06/06/531591202/harvard-rescinds-admission-of-10-students-over-obscene-facebook-messages
70% of Employers are Snooping Candidates’ Social Media Profiles (CareerBuilder)
https://www.careerbuilder.com/advice/social-media-survey-2017
Amazon is Making it Easier for Companies to Track You (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/amazon-is-making-it-easier-for-companies-to-track-you/522999/
You Probably Don’t Know all the Ways Facebook Tracks You (Gizmodo)
http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/all-the-ways-facebook-tracks-you-that-you-might-not-kno-1795604150
Legal Loopholes Could Allow Wider NSA Surveillance, Researchers Say (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/legal-loopholes-could-let-nsa-surveillance-circumvent-fourth-amendment-researchers-say/
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