practical privacy, steps to protect your identity online

Protecting privacy online has never before been as important as it is today. Come join us to learn more about why privacy matters and what you can do to protect your identity online.

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1. practical privacy steps to protect your identity online
3. Privacy • chat with friends • opinions will not be used against me • photos/videos are mine to share
4. Privacy
7. Technology • Smart phones
8. Technology • Smart phones • Everything is online
9. Technology • Smart phones • Everything is online • Storage is cheap
10. Technology • Smart phones • Everything is online • Storage is cheap • Internet of Things
11. Metadata { “on”:true, “timestamp”: “2019-10-16T17:08:37+00:00”, “geolocation”: “49.3164,-123.0693” }
12. National Security Agency
13. 5 zettabytes = omgwtfbbq
15. Profit
16. Profit
17. Ads • cohersion • fake news • voter suppression
18. so…
20. Tip #1 passwords
21. Tip #1
22. Tip #1 • password managers • strong & different passwords for all services • bonus: multi-factor authentication
23. Tip #2 ads / trackers
24. Tip #2 • ad blocker plugins • browsers • search engines • bonus: pi-hole
25. Demo pi-hole
26. Tip #3 “free” apps
27. Tip #3 • determine the source of the app • check permissions • read the terms
28. Tip #4 encryption
29. Tip #4 • email • secure chat client • bonus: all your web traffic (VPN) • bonus: DNS queries
30. Tip #5 social media awareness
31. Tip #5 • private information • content • review settings • check sources
32. Tip #5 • private information • content • review settings • check sources
33. Tip #6 everything else
34. Tip #6 • assistants: alexa/siri/google now • family / friends • anonymize traffic: tor
35. Demo tor
36. –Ed Snowden, “Permanent Record” “Saying you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide, is like saying you don’t care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say”
38. get informed • Permanent Record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Record_(autobiography) • Democracy Hacked: https://oneworld-publications.com/democracy-hacked.html • Ads bought by Russia in 2016: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/russia-2016-election- facebook.html • The Great Hack: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80117542 • Online political Microtargeting: https://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/UtrechtLawReview.pdf • PRISM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) • Multi-factor authentication: https://www.cnet.com/news/two-factor-authentication-what-you-need-to- know-faq/ • Pi-hole, network-wide ad blocking: https://pi-hole.net • Messaging client reviews: https://www.securemessagingapps.com • Tor: https://www.torproject.org
39. A L E X B O T E N @ C O D E B O T E N get informed