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How To Invent a Person Online

by brynamo | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Identity Isn't Guaranteed, There's No Anonymity

While we make the argument that you can never trust a person’s identity online, nothing can illustrate that fact more clearly than learning how artist Curtis Wallen created a completely fake identity. Paradoxically, Wallen’s story also illustrates the counterpoint...

Upcoming Workshop: 1984+30: Navigating Privacy Threats and Protections in the Digital Age

by Julia Bernd | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog, Project News

In the novel 1984, George Orwell describes a dystopian society in which everything citizens do is monitored by the all-seeing eyes of Big Brother. Thirty years after 1984, we find ourselves surrounded by threats to our privacy. Is there anything to be done? And if so,...

Why You Can’t Assume Anonymity

by Julia Bernd | Aug 14, 2014 | Blog, There's No Anonymity, You're Leaving Footprints

A (relatively) new tracking technique called canvas fingerprinting allows websites and services to uniquely identify people’s devices by including a hidden image on web pages. It can get around most of the common methods and tools people use to keep their...

From the How-To Department: Turning Off “Frequent Locations”

by Julia Bernd | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog, Resources/How-Tos, You're Leaving Footprints

An explanation of the iPhone’s “Frequent Locations” feature, and instructions for turning it off if you don’t want it to track and correlate geolocation data this way. However, as this article points out, turning off “Frequent Locations” doesn’t erase the data your...

PC Mag Infographic: 5 Ways You Can Lose a Job on Facebook

by brynamo | Aug 7, 2014 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Online Is Real, Sharing Releases Control

With the unemployment rate still at 6.3%, most people will want to avoid facing the job market. Make sure that you know what companies are looking for online and how it can impact your job. Read the PC Mag article here
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