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Protecting Your Digital Privacy – Consumer Reports

November 5, 2016

Protecting Your Digital #Privacy
http://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/protecting-your-digital-privacy-is-not-as-hard-as-you-might-think 66 hints, from evaluating password entropy to determining
https://HaveIBeenPWNed.com

http://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/66-ways-to-protect-your-privacy-right-now/

things l liked from the site:

QT:{{”
Your Long-approved list of paperwork to shred includes any documents containing the following:

• Social Security number (even just the last four digits)
• Birth date
• Credit card numbers
• Account numbers from financial institutions
• Medical insurance numbers
“}}

http://dmachoice.org

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Password-entropy (bigger is better) = log2 ([alphabet-size]^[password-length])

Faking your address for some sites:
QT:{{”
For an address, may we suggest Bart Simpson’s—742 Evergreen Terrace? “}}

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Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach

November 3, 2016

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

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Now You Can See Everything Google Knows About You and Delete the Embarrassing Stuff

November 2, 2016

See Everything #Google Knows About You (at MyActivity.Google.com) & Delete the Embarrassing Stuff
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/07/01/google_launches_my_activity_browsing_history_tool.html #privacy

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Cashing Out: New Technologies Are Making Living Cash-Free a Reality

October 7, 2016

http://www.consumerreports.org/personal-finance/cashing-out-new-technologies-are-making-the-convenience-of-living-cash-free-a-reality/

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virtual credit card

October 7, 2016

https://privacy.com/

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Researchers wrestle with a privacy problem

September 25, 2016

Researchers wrestle w. a #privacy problem
http://www.nature.com/news/researchers-wrestle-with-a-privacy-problem-1.18396 Qt: “Public trust is…fragile – it’s difficult to build & easy to break”

“The lesson is to not underestimate public concerns,” she says. “Public trust is very fragile — it’s difficult to build and easy to break.””

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Your Microbe Aura Could Be as Distinctive as Your Fingerprint – The Atlantic

August 19, 2016

Your Microbe Aura Could Be as Distinctive as Your Fingerprint http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/inside-the-germ-cloud/406591 Pot. #privacy risk, but will we see microbiome perfume

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Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning – The Washington Post

July 28, 2016

Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users w/o warning
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/18/research-shows-how-macbook-webcams-can-spy-on-their-users-without-warning/ non-obvious hacks that $AAPL doesn’t make easy

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Microsoft Wins Appeals Ruling on Data Searches – WSJ

July 24, 2016

$MSFT Wins Appeals Ruling on Data Searches
http://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-wins-appeals-ruling-on-data-searches-1468511551 Does this mean US citizens storing data offshore escape gov. oversight?

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AstraZeneca launches project to sequence 2 million genomes

April 29, 2016

AstraZeneca…proj. to seq. 2M
http://www.nature.com/news/astrazeneca-launches-project-to-sequence-2-million-genomes-1.19797 Ironic @JCVenter Qt: Think carefully before you just dump your genome on the Internet

For complete irony, compare this qt w/ commentary on @JCVenter’s original personal
sequencehttp://www.WashingtonPost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602362.htmlhttps://twitter.com/markgerstein/status/726064243695583232

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“Human Longevity’s databases are kept locked behind layers of security. “If I were advising a younger Craig Venter, I’d say, ‘Think carefully before you just dump your genome on the Internet’,” Venter says. “The levels of prediction are getting much more interesting.” “}}

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