Protect your Privacy
Protect your privacy. Technology is the great two edged sword. It enables us. It also enables others to delve into the most personal aspects of our lives.
The key to protecting your privacy is constant vigilance. Something that seems ‘cool’ or ‘fun’ could expose your personal information to corporations or identity thieves.
That voice activated TV that is a great new toy could be recording your conversations and sending them back to be analyzed in order ‘to show ads’.
Most people would probably never consider that their toilet or sink could be a spy. That sounds crazy but it is a real threat. In order to protect your privacy you need to be careful about what technology you add to your home.
Do you post on Twitter? There are tools that will profile your Twitter presence.
Browse our collection below of tips to protect your privacy.
Your toilet and faucets could be spying on you.
Sept 2019 – Pretty soon you won’t even be able to trust your toaster. Voice activated toilets and faucets could be used to spy on your conversations and water usage.
Continue readingCreepy but useful – Google Places and Timeline
We are carrying a spy in our pockets. If you have your location enabled on an android phone, Google can show EVERY move you made for the last several years as well as most of the places you’ve visited.
Continue readingVeritas Expose – Twitter employees are looking at your private messages including those of your privates…
Updated 2019 – Did you ever consider that Twitter might be looking at your private messages? James O’Keefe of Project Veritas caught twitter employees candidly discussing how they can and do read your MOST PRIVATE MESSAGES. Hundreds of employees are paid to sift through your most intimate tweets and private messages.
Project Veritas exposed Twitter employees openly talking about how they can view the most personal of private tweets.
Continue readingWhat would you say if I told you that your television was listening to your conversations?
Many years ago, back in the 1980’s. I studied Tae Kwon Do. After class we would often go out for ONE beer. Any more and the instructor would not be happy.
One night, one of the newer students said “You know, they used to only be able to listen to you, now they can watch you through your television”. We had a couple of minutes of discussion on this.
Continue reading No tags for this post.Tag people in your Google Photos and find them in other photos.
You can easily tag people or pets in Google Photos which then allows you to search and group photos by people.
Continue readingDanger Will Robinson. Do NOT reply with your ‘first car’
I’ve been seeing an increasing number of Facebook posts that ask something like
Continue readingWhat was the first car you ever owned? -or- Where did you meet the love of your live?
You can analyze someones twitter feed with online tools. CREEPY
This is a bit creepy – You can analyze someone’s twitter feed (or your own) with one simple tool
Periscope and privacy
Periscope is a popular streaming feature for twitter BUT the problem is that people viewing your stream can pinpoint your address. Creep Factor 10 Mr. Sulu. Also, there is a current flaw that allows the titles of streams marked as ‘private’ to be seen by the public.
Continue readingPrivacy Danger from Android Flashlight and other apps
A friend sent a video about the dangers of Flashlight apps for Android based devices. Let me say that I am an App Junkie with dozens of apps on my phone and tablet.
Continue readingLenovo PCs were bundled with Superfish that bypasses your https security (in 2015).
(Updated 2015) I’m not sure if this is still an issue with Lenovo. However, users need to beware of spyware bundled with their phones, computers or applications. Running a reputable anti spyware app can help
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