====== Privacy tips ======

//See also://
  * [[guide:encryption|Encryption]]
  * [[guide:opsec|Operational Security]]
  * [[https://snubsie.com/30-day-security-challenge|Snubs' 30 day security challenge]]

===== Browser =====

You have a fingerprint:
  * [[https://panopticlick.eff.org/|EFF Panopticlick]]
  * [[https://amiunique.org/|Am I Unique? .org]]

[[https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/|uBlock origin]] can block tracking servers. You can block cookies with [[https://github.com/jrie/flagCookies|FlagCookies]].

==== Opt out of advertising networks ====
  * [[http://optout.networkadvertising.org|Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out page]]
  * [[http://optout.aboutads.info|Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out page]]

===== Linux =====
  * NetworkManager: random MAC on connect <file conf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/30-mac-config.conf>[connection]
wifi.cloned-mac-address=stable</file>

===== Further information =====
  * [[https://filterlists.com/|Filterlists.com]]
==== Articles ====
  * [[https://decentralize.today/being-privacy-aware-c7ed350dac76|Decentralize.today: Being privacy-aware]]

==== Guides ====
  * [[https://ssd.eff.org/|Surveillance Self-Defense]] – Tips, tools and how-tos for safer online communications.
    * [[https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/privacy-students|Privacy for Students]] – Understand how school surveillance affects you
  * [[https://prism-break.org/en/|Prism Break]]

==== Forums ====
  * Reddit
    * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/onions/|r/onions]]
    * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/deepweb|r/deepweb]]
    * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy|r/privacy]]
    * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/privacyToolsIO|r/privacyToolsIO]]
    * The Kingpin Handbook
      * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DNMBusts/comments/6wkkm9/alprakings_the_kingpin_handbook_chapter_1/|Chapter 1]]
      * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DNMBusts/comments/6xxgtk/alprakings_the_kingpin_handbook_chapter_2/|Chapter 2]]
      * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DNMBusts/comments/6yz28r/alprakings_the_kingpin_handbook_chapter_3/|Chapter 3]]

==== Twitter ====
  * [[https://twitter.com/BadassBowden|BadassBowden]] – anti-doxxing, opsec, social engineering, end user education
  * [[https://twitter.com/Snowden|Snowden]] – Edward Snowden, nuff said

===== But I have nothing to hide! =====

>"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."

– //Edward Snowden//

==== Types of private information ====
  * Full Name
  * Location
  * SSN/NI number
  * Date of Birth
  * Email Accounts and Passwords
  * Mother’s Maiden Name
  * Online Digital Footprint
  * Employment Information
  * Financial Information
  * Contacts:
    * Mobile/Work Telephone Numbers
    * Social Media Information/Posts
    * Family/Friends/Colleagues

([[https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/opsec-everyone-not-just-people-something-hide/|source]])