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Digital Footprints & Privacy
AM PresentationSWFLN Tech Day
Agenda Staying Secure Minimizing Our Footprints Precautions, Changes & Resources
Staying Secure
Password Managers
• Lastpass• Dashlane• Firefox• KeePassX (works on Linux
& Mac)
Chart Source: http://goo.gl/uBwhw
Two-Step Authentication
Amazon
Your Account > Change Account Settings > Advanced Security Settings
Other sites with 2-step authenticationGoogleAppleMicrosoft
Fingerprint Authentication
Pattern Recognition
What’s next?More biometrics – iris scansNFC
Malware and Hackers
Click Bait
Phishers
Image: http://goo.gl/Tr3uUm
Protection from: Anti-Malware & Other ThreatsClamavMalwarebytesMobile Protection from: Anti-Malware & Other ThreatsNorton SecurityLookout Security
Minimizing Our
Footprints
Choosing a Browser
Chrome
Firefox
Edge
Tor
Internet Explorer
Google and Microsoft
Privacy Extensions for Chrome & Firefox
WOT
Lightbeam
Ad Block Plus
Privacy Badger
No Script
Firefox Only
Be aware….many extensions extend your digital footprints
Settings to
consider
Chrome
Firefox
Changing your search engine
Duck Duck Go
DisconnectMe
Tor
Creating a more secure Tor:https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges
• Disables: Flash, RealPlayer, Quicktime, and others
• Keeps websites from tracking
• Useful to keep internet activities away from advertisers, ISPs, and web sites.
• Great for browsing on public networks
• Will not stop the NSA
More @http://goo.gl/etffO5
Browsing Tips
http v. https: what does it mean?
HTTPS server are encrypted by a secure certificate known as an SSL. The encryption prevents third-parties from eavesdropping on communications to and from the server.
Great Articles to Learn More: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere What Every Librarian Needs to Know…
HTTPSEasily Set Up HTTPS on your site: https://letsencrypt.org/Demand vendors use HTTPS
Make sure if both http and https
options are available you use https for
outgoing links
Private Tabs
Evaluate Your Operating System
Benefits to Linux- Open Source- Host your own cloud
space, RSS Reader and/or Website
- Revive an old PC- Less prone to
malware/viruses than Windows/Apple
- Its Free
Leaving Microsoft & Apple Behind
Alternative Email Services• Set up your own• hushmail • zoho • riseup
Key is to separate your search & your
identity as much as possible
Social Media
Don’t forget to set up 2-
step authentication in Login Approvals
Who can see your friends?
Custom Privacy on a Post or Picture
What are you sharing?• Name, profile picture, age, sex, birthday, and other public info• Entire friend list• Everything you’ve ever posted on your timeline• All of your photos and photos you’re tagged in• Education history• Location• Hometown and current city• Everything you’ve ever liked• IP address• Info about the device you’re using including browser and language
Privacy Check Up is the best remedy
Rules of Thumb for Libraries• Post Pictures • Allow tagging/but don’t tag
• Allow people to tag you• Set up Filters in settings
•Have a general SM Policy
• Social Media is an engagement tool & a conversation
General Tips• Use unique passwords for
each SM or Facebook as your main login tool
• Nothing is truly private• 4 Main Concerns: Malware,
Hackers, Data Harvesting & Personal Privacy
• Turn off “Location” for posts as a default
There are NO standards at this point. Follow the Electronic Privacy Information Center to learn more
The Internet of Things is a privacy nightmare.
What can we do as librarians?
Educate Ourselves & Users
Full List: https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-requests-2015
Follow Canary Watch (https://canarywatch.org/)
“Warrant canary" is a colloquial term for a regularly published statement that a service provider has not received legal process that it would be prohibited from saying it had received, such as a national security letter. Canarywatch tracks and documents these statements.”
https://twitter.com/warrantcanary
Organize a CrytoParty
What is Google collecting?Is Google trustworthy?
Stayed Involved & Informed Library Freedom Project https://www.eff.org/
