
your online search and browsing history (yes, all of it). sending your financial records to an accountant. On a personal level, simple private bits of our lives which we take for granted are being collected and stored indefinitely. But unlike other historical analogies that might be cited, the scale of our storage and processing capabilities are immense and extremely powerful, and that changes the game. Essentially, we're now in an information arms race. We don't want to indiscriminately share every single aspect of our lives with everyone else.īut as we move more of activities online, there is an ever increasing portion of our lives which is being recorded by corporations and governments, and these records can be used to our disadvantage, at any time, now or any-time in the future. Everyone has some expectation of privacy. Proudly ripped this FAQ off from a non-privacy-friendly site! ( /r/privacy/wiki) How can I delete an account at website X? Should I use the hardware encryption on my hard-drive (or SSD, USB, etc.)? Is there anything else I can do to keep my information private? #BITMESSAGE VS LAVABIT DOWNLOAD#
How can I share and download files anonymously? What secure methods can I use to keep up with friends/family, share photos, remember birthdays, etc? What can replace Facebook?
What is the difference between libre, FOSS, closed source, GNU, etc? Why does it matter? Can I help restore privacy even if I use Windows and other closed source? What can I do to my web browser to help with privacy and security? I want to start using encryption for my emails and/or my data. How do I use Tor to browse the web anonymously? What is a good secure email service that respects my privacy? What happens to my web traffic with different technologies?Īre there good search engines with reasonable privacy policies? What's the story with NSA mass-surveillance? Where can I find intellectual discussion on electronic privacy/freedom issues? Why do I care about privacy if I don't have anything to hide?