A hack that makes you unhackable

 

When you are online have you ever wondered if it matters to you a great deal to keep your privacy? Do you know that various organizations that collect personal information from you and use it without your authorization? You should guide and protect your personal information, which you consider private and can not be publicly accessible. Your personal information should be yours and can not be issued or sold to third parties without your express authority. Your personal information is being sold out there even when organisations promise in their so-called privacy policies.

The internet companies have our SSNs, names, ages, addresses, phone numbers, emails, locations, habits, interests, political opinions and affiliations, sexual orientations, medical histories and countless other "private" and identifying information in countless databases and available to those willing and able to pay for, spy on, or steal from them

PROTECT YOURSELF 

Here are some steps which can be taken to help mitigate this:

- use a VPN to obscure rough IP-based location lookups and if the VPN has shared traffic it also makes tracking more difficult

- limit apps which are useful with geolocation to use rough geolocation

- If on IOS or Google, opting out of app tracking will at least disable Apple’s advertising ID and Google ads tracking.

- Be mindful of granting Bluetooth and network access on an open Wifi connection.

For apps which require precise geolocation, this becomes a problem (ex: google maps for navigation). If you can, find an alternative with better privacy incentives (ex: apple maps).

  BE UNIQUE

For stronger privacy willed when signing up for a service think about what information is identifying and whether or not it is worth withholding:

- use unique email addresses (ideally with a unique domain or a shared domain; ex: simplelogin)

- use a credit card with a unique number which can make payments under a unique name (ex: privacy.com)

- use a unique name

- phone numbers are a bit more tricky (ex: talkatone)

- use two-factor verification systems.

YOU CAN  BE HACKED

Yes, you can be hacked, none of the above precautions is foolproof or perfect. They have their own risks and may trigger fraud alerts but I think they help in some of the situations listed. The moment we admit that they are shortfalls in internet privacy, that will make us better and a safe internet users.

Let us stay safe and enjoy our internet experiences!!!



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