Take 6 steps for better online privacy
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Hernandezmaats
Ongoing, First published Mar 10, 2022
Mature
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One of the companies was in the marketing technology business - the industry that's devoted in part to tracking people and merging their information, so they can be advertised to more effectively.

That tracking happens in multiple senses: physical tracking, because we carry our phones everywhere we go. And virtual tracking, of all the places we go online.

The more I understood how my information was being collected, shared and sold, the more I wanted to protect my privacy. But it's still hard to know which of my efforts is actually effective and which is a waste of time.

So I reached out to experts in digital security and privacy to find out what they do to protect their stuff - and what they recommend most to us regular folks.
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FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH A novel of tomorrow

1 part Complete

It's not difficult to predict the future. Just scan today's headlines and extend the trends. Climate change, virus pandemic, terrorist threat, government surveillance, genetic engineering, corporate malpractice. Yet on a personal level, there's an issue that's perhaps even more disturbing. Identity theft. In an era of security paranoia, every aspect of our lives will be registered, from DNA to IQ, from official documentation to private finance, from medical history to psychological profile. When that information is hacked and sold, it will be the innocent victim with no credentials who'll be classified as a risk to society. This is the odyssey of one such individual, of the journey she takes and the truth that she finds.

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