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The downfall of too much online information

I recently had an enlightening conversation with Hayley Kaplan, the CEO and Founder of What is Privacy. Kaplan’s journey into the world of online privacy began with personal tech mishaps, leading her to create “What is Privacy?” – a…
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How to keep your home address private

The information on a deed is usually publicly available. This makes it easy to look up who owns a property and to know where someone lives. The article that follows was written by an attorney who helps celebrities and public figures keep their…
Fight for your Privacy
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Is Online Privacy Possible?

Privacy has become a valuable and elusive commodity. On the one hand, our private information is made available by others whether we like it or not. On the other hand, it's our own fault as we overshare online. People seem to assume privacy…
Google Street View
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How to blur your home on Google Maps

I took a virtual drive through an upscale neighborhood using Google Maps and as fun as it was to explore the area without leaving home I quickly noticed a few potential privacy and safety dangers.As I moved along the streets with my…
How to remove yourself from locatepeople
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Remove your private information from locatepeople

When searching for someone on LocatePeople, you are instantly rewarded with lots of personal data about that person. When that person is you, you won't like this lack of privacy. In fact, you may feel unsafe once you see your home address, age,…
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How to Navigate Facebook Privacy Settings

It’s no secret that Meta’s Facebook collects, uses, and profits from abundant user data. This data enables Facebook to provide each person with a customized user experience, but it simultaneously influences users to purchase products and…
How to get Google Privacy
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How to access and change your Google Privacy Settings

Google gets our data from our online browsing and usage of its apps and products such as Nest, Waze, Google Maps, YouTube and Fitbit. This abundant and diverse information teaches Google to know us better than we know ourselves! As terrifying…
Venmo as social media
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How to check and set Venmo Privacy Settings

In 2015, I noticed the Venmo financial activity of a friend posting on Facebook but he had no idea this was happening. After 10 minutes of searching in 2021, reporters located President Biden’s Venmo account. They observed that President Biden…
Amazon Privacuy
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How to achieve Amazon privacy

By creating an Amazon account, searching, researching, and then shopping on Amazon, we voluntarily hand Amazon abundant data about ourselves. This data gives Amazon an intimate knowledge of us and also gives them the tools to keep us going back…
Remove your information from the Internet (PeopleFinders)
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Opt out of Peoplefinders (Updated Tutorial)

This tutorial shows you how to easily delete your personal information from peoplefinders. If you previously opted out from peoplefinders, your should not find your data. To confirm your continued absence from the site, please follow this tutorial…
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How to opt out of xlek (Free Public Data Search Site)

Xlek is a free public data search site that was formerly known as Cubib. Once you look yourself up on Xlek I suspect you will agree that the personal (and business) data available for free is rather extensive and need not be so easily available.…
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My password manager: 13 reasons why.

I can’t imagine managing my online world without a password manager. If you currently use a password manager please kindly leave a quick comment with the name of your password manager, how long you’ve been using it for and what you like…
Pitfalls of social media
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Netflix Social Dilemma documentary examines social media pitfalls

Until I watched the Social Dilemma documentary on Netflix I did not understand how Republicans and Democrats in the United States of America could have such vastly different interpretations of the facts. For example, with over 215,000 people…
Cyber Privacy Suite
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Why You Must Manage Your Own Privacy

Consumer Privacy was a hot topic at the world’s largest technology conference, CES, that was held Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas. Big companies and promising startups showed off their latest inventions to the tech world and while 8K TVs, smart devices…
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Why is my personal information online?

Personal information is online because it stems from public records and is valuable to marketers and to data brokers who buy and sell it to those who are willing to pay for it. This data is also made available by government agencies and even…