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Did you #DeleteFacebook in 2018? Caring about our online privacy might be popular right now, but on a wider level, it’s not as easy as we think to escape the hole we’ve dug ourselves into. . Don’t believe that this is more of a trend than a turning point? Just look at the difference between hype and action. Despite 26 percent of Pew poll respondents saying they’ve deleted the Facebook app, the company’s user stats have stayed essentially the same. The link for this article located at The Next Web is no longer available. . Uncover the challenges of avoiding personal data misuse following the #DeleteFacebook movement and the ongoing concerns regarding digital privacy in contemporary society.. Data Exploitation, Online Privacy, Social Media Impact, Digital Footprint. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
You may not feel like the flotsam and jetsam that make up the facts of your life are important, but increasingly companies are using that dry data to make your every online step as indelible as if written in blood. Here's how to take back your digital dignity.. The Internet companies that power your online life know that data equals money, and they're becoming bolder about using that data to track you. If they get their way, your every online step would be not only irrevocable, but traceable back to you. Fortunately, there are some positive steps you can take to reclaim your online history for yourself. The link for this article located at CNET is no longer available. . The Internet companies that power your online life know that data equals money, and they're becoming. flotsam, jetsam, facts, important. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Almost everyone has a digital footprint these days. Think you could remove your tracks? Former skip tracer Frank Ahearn helps folks drop off the face of the Earth. In a world where we share more information online than ever before, it might seem impossible to disappear completely. . But Frank Ahearn can help. A professional skip tracer for many years, he tracked down 'missing' persons for clients who were searching for them for legal or financial reasons. His arsenal included use of public records, credit reports, utility bills, criminal background checks, tax information and other revealing documents. But these days, Ahearn assists people who want to go the other way The link for this article located at CSO Online is no longer available. . But Frank Ahearn can help. A professional skip tracer for many years, he tracked down 'missing' pers. almost, everyone, digital, footprint, these, think, remove, tracks, former. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
America's top four Internet companies -- Google, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft -- promise they will protect the personal information of people who use their online services to search, shop and socialize. But a close read of their privacy policies reveals as much exposure as protection. The massive amounts of data these companies collect -- which can include records of the searches you make, the health problems you research and the investments you monitor -- can be requested by government investigators and subpoenaed by your legal adversaries. But this same information is generally not available to you. . The risk is that personal information that can be traced to you will at some point be provided to someone else, like the 20 million AOL searches that were published on the Internet at the beginning of August and are now causing random AOL users to admit that they looked for ``movies for dogs' or ``welley shoes.' Two months ago, the Mercury News began asking the Big Four Internet companies to clarify their privacy policies. The newspaper wanted to know precisely what information was recorded when someone made a date on Yahoo, sought help for addiction on Microsoft's MSN or plotted their daily peregrinations on Google Maps. The link for this article located at Silicon Valley is no longer available. . The risk is that personal information that can be traced to you will at some point be provided to so. america's, internet, companies, google, yahoo, microsoft, promise, prote. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Shopping on the Internet is like signing up for a supermarket saver card or getting that extra 10 percent discount when you sign up for a retail store's credit card. You get some immediate savings, but you are also involuntarily subscribing . . . . Shopping on the Internet is like signing up for a supermarket saver card or getting that extra 10 percent discount when you sign up for a retail store's credit card. You get some immediate savings, but you are also involuntarily subscribing to junk mail. To this day, I still receive junk mail from the company that tempted me back in college with its so-called 1-cent CD mail-order club. It's a fact of life, whether we shop online or in stores, that merchants will use customer information to the fullest extent. But instead of complaining about how our privacy is violated by e-tailers, let's do something to minimize the personal footprints we leave behind on the Web. The link for this article located at ZDNet eWeek is no longer available. . Shopping on the Internet is like signing up for a supermarket saver card or getting that extra 10 pe. shopping, internet, signing, supermarket, saver, getting, extra. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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