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Have you done a privacy checkup?
January 24 to January 28 was data privacy week. It’s okay if you missed it, rather we should have a privacy year. Start by reviewing this checklist to check out the privacy settings and in particular, their privacy disclaimers of the tech you use.
While many recommend using VPN services to keep prying eyes away from their data, I was surprised by this listing of recommended VPN providers by consumer reports. It was not the vendors I would have thought would have been recommended. Furthermore they suggested following “important safety steps, most of which are free, include using a password manager, setting up multifactor authentication, enabling HTTPS-only mode on your web browser, and blocking ads or trackers with a tool like Privacy Badger or uBlock Origin. ” What did you do this week to increase your privacy?
Links that I refer to in the video include:
Data Privacy Week – Stay Safe Online
uBlock Origin – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US) (mozilla.org)
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US) (mozilla.org)
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