Friday, December 26, 2014

The Future of Privacy (part 4)


If you're concerned about your privacy, what can you do? We all want to protect ourselves from hackers, so there are a few simple methods we can use to minimize problems, though keep in mind, these solutions are about as effective as car alarms—they might deter total amateurs, but they won't guarantee much beyond that. Expensive security products like McAfee or Norton are solid programs and are recommended if you don't mind constant updates and notifications. AVG Antivirus has a free product that is decent, and I'd also recommend a script blocker, like the free NoScript, which gives you the option to allow or forbid certain scripts from running with each webpage you visit. If you don't want your searches online to be in Google's archives, there are other alternatives. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that claims no records of your searches are kept. Other things you can do: regularly clear your browser's cookies and change your passwords, and never click any links or download any attachments from emails unless you trust the source. Even then, I've seen emails sent to me with odd links from family members who didn't even know their account had been hacked. Do your best to be careful, but there's no guarantee. The only surefire way to maintain privacy is to keep what you want private away from technology!

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