by Julia Bernd | May 23, 2016 | Apps/Tools, Blog, Privacy Requires Work, Resources/How-Tos, Someone Could Listen
The Free Software Foundation recently released a set of tools and guides on email encryption: Email Self-Defense Site For those who are concerned about protecting their email against any possible eavesdropping (including government surveillance), FSF provides some...
by Melody Valdez | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work, Someone Could Listen
You may have already heard that keeping your online accounts safe from hackers require secure and unique passwords for each account. However, how can you think of several passwords containing random letters, numbers, and symbols that are easy to remember? Researchers...
by Melody Valdez | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog, Privacy Requires Work
On October 8, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which requires any state law enforcement agency to get a warrant before accessing any electronic information or metadata — including emails, texts, and location...
by Melody Valdez | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog, Privacy Requires Work, Sharing Releases Control, You're Leaving Footprints
With the rapid growth of the Internet in today’s digital age, resulting in Big Data that is continuously growing and replicating, it is becoming impossible to completely delete any information that one shares online. It is important to realize that others can...
by Itzel Martinez | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work, Sharing Releases Control
Brittany Champagne from Utah is a mother who likes to share photos of her children on Facebook, like many other parents today. But what Brittany never thought to find was images of her children on more than ten porn sites. The images seemed to be taken from her...
by Itzel Martinez | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work
Strong passwords are important in preventing data breaches, but the top five passwords in 2014 were strings like “123456” and “password”, which are predictable. How can we then prevent cyberattacks from happening? TechNewsWorld covered a...
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