Will We Ever Learn To Use Better Passwords? From the other side of the pond, London-based Credit Card Payment Company, Dojo, did an analysis of 100,000 breached passwords and discovered that the most commonly hacked passwords were ‘qwerty’, ‘123456’, ‘password’, and ‘1111111’. Also on that list are terms of endearment like ‘love’, ‘baby’, and ‘angel’.… Continue reading Will We Ever Learn To Use Better Passwords?
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What Does Facebook know about you?
What Does Facebook know about you? Facebook collects information about you in a variety of ways, mainly by: Tracking your activity on its site and family of apps, including posts, comments, messages, reactions, etc Tracking your activity on apps you’ve logged into using your Facebook credentials Tracking your engagement with the Facebook plugin installed on… Continue reading What Does Facebook know about you?
What In The World Is Doxing?
What In The World Is Doxing? Doxing is slang for “dropping dox”, and comes from a spelling alteration of the abbreviation “docs” (for “documents”) and refers to “compiling and releasing a dossier of personal information on someone”. According to Wired writer Mat Honan, was “an old-school revenge tactic that emerged from hacker culture in the… Continue reading What In The World Is Doxing?
Check Your Photos
This is the third post in my Sharing Too Much Online series, this is on Checking Your Photos So many people don’t check the background or foreground of a photo before they post it. I mean there are hundreds of humorous photos online of people who are honestly embarrassed because they didn’t check the photo… Continue reading Check Your Photos
Remove Yourself Online – Part 4
Remove Yourself Online – Part 4 First, there isn’t a way to make yourself completely disappear, as what goes online, stays online. But you can clean up what is online about you to some extent. This will be a multi-part post starting with people searching websites xlek Visit https://www.xlek.com/optout.php Fill out the form (use a… Continue reading Remove Yourself Online – Part 4
EXIF Data – Are Your Sharing Too Much?
EXIF Data – Are Your Sharing Too Much? EXIF Data. EXIF stands for ‘Exchangeable Image File Format’ and refers to the basic metadata that is generated and stored by your camera whenever you take a photo. You can’t see it, but it is there It’s called “metadata” – or data about data, for cameras, it is… Continue reading EXIF Data – Are Your Sharing Too Much?
Remove Yourself Online – Social Media
Remove Yourself Online – Social Media Remove Yourself Online – Social Media First, there isn’t a way to make yourself completely disappear, as what goes online, stays online. But you can clean up what is online about you to some extent. This will be a multi-part post, I’m not going to move to Social Media… Continue reading Remove Yourself Online – Social Media
Remove Yourself Online – Part 3
Remove Yourself Online – Part 3 First, there isn’t a way to make yourself completely disappear, as what goes online, stays online. But you can clean up what is online about your to some extent. This will be a multi-part post starting with people search web sites 24Counter Visit https://24counter.com/ Locate your profile Visit https://24counter.com/opt-out/… Continue reading Remove Yourself Online – Part 3