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Privacy In The Digital World-SHOULDN’T We Talk About It!?

21 Dec
Privacy In The Digital World-SHOULDN’T We Talk About It!?

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Privacy In The Digital World-A MUST To Talk About It!

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Since Edward SNOWDEN‘s revelations nearly everybody knows about the word “Privacy“, even those WHO were NOT interested about it, as it was worldwide broadcasted! This person did reveal WHAT is really happening in the so called “Virtual-World” (the internet) and how much secret services around the world are interested about to grab ANY information about ANY person WHO is online! BUT, it’s NOT ONLY them, ALSO Cyber-Criminals are looking for these information! And ALSO commercials who find out YOUR psychological profile through YOUR behavior on Social-Media!

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Start Text from The Guardian:

The UN general assembly unanimously voted last week to adopt a resolution, introduced by Germany and Brazil, stating that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, including the right to privacy”. Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel , were among those spied on, according to the documents leaked by Snowden.

===> The resolution called on the 193 UN member states “to review their procedures, practices and legislation regarding the surveillance of communications, their interception and collection of personal data, with a view to upholding the right to privacy of all their obligations under international human rights law”. It also directed Pillay to publish a report on the protection and promotion of privacy “in the context of domestic and extraterritorial surveillance … including on a mass scale”. <===

She told Berners-Lee that it was “very important that governments now want to discuss the matters of mass surveillance and right to privacy in a serious way”.

Read the full article here:

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The Future Of Advertising (Cartoon)

Image credit ===>  http://tomfishburne.com/2014/01/internet-of-things.html <===

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Der Nutzer wird entmündigt-CES2015

Click the above image, please, to access the article ===> A MUST READ!!! <===

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Check ALSO the videos below, watch and listen carefully to it…

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Check below the resources to find out more, please:

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Google Glass PrivacyBUT is THAT all why I created this blog!? Certainly NOT, there is much more behind, mostly hidden by its creators BUT WHAT MUST get said to tell YOU to stay aware about WHAT YOU are publishing and on what you are get tracked in the “Virtual-World“, such as:

===> Critical-THINKing: are WE creating a “Stalking-Society”!? <===

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WHAT do the above mentioned articles really mean!?

sharing-iconWHEN WE are online WE are transparent already as website owners are using OUR data for commercial purposes and with posting more about OUR private life, especially on Social-Media (Twitter, Facebook and…) WE give THEM even more information about ourselves!

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Network Hacking May Lead to Bigger Problems

[START Text from links below] While social networks don’t have your bank account information or credit card number, they may provide enough personal data for hackers to answer security questions on other sites. If you use the same password for your Facebook as your PayPal or Amazon login, hackers could then take control of these accounts. [END Text from  links below]

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ALSO commercials who find out YOUR psychological profile through YOUR behavior on Social-Media!  Check the articles below:

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THE danger with photos on the internet

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Phishing, Spear-Phishing through Privacy sharing

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I don’t talk too much about it, BUT check the video below and YOU SHOULD understand…

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Related links:

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Do WE Still Have Privacy Rights In The Digital World!?

1ibdy1vf6wghd-n05dgl-aigainformation1According to latest press releases: Based on internal NSA documents, Der Spiegel reveals that the spy agency planted backdoors to access computers, hard drives, routers, and other devices from companies such as Cisco, Dell, Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor and Samsung. 

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Check YOUR PRIVACY ===> Clueful   –   Privacy Monitoring App for iPhone & Android

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This blog will get updated as soon as I get new information and certain Topics, such as Google Glass, Skype in Global Education and Google+ Hangouts in Global Education will get updated and described later…

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GUST-AVRIL2014-800px-2L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure)..The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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My personal reminder keywords for creating this blog: Cyber-Security and privacy ===> Phishing, Kettenbriefe, chain letters, IBM, psychological profile, ads used by knowing psychological profile on Social Media, NSA, PRISM, GHCQ, HTML5, Apps, Google Glass, Skype, Google+ Hangouts, Laws in different countries, global EDUcation, smartphones, photos, GeoTagging, Google Latitude, Google’s Location History, WiFi, Foursquare, Klout… … . . . . ..

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Stay tuned for next blogs 😉 .

 
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Habits You SHOULD Apply For The New Year

10 Dec
Habits You SHOULD Apply For The New Year

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Learning basics of IT-Security and Cyber-Security.

Introduction

Chat iconA New Year is approaching and WE SHOULD think about WHAT WE learned during this year to make the next coming year even BETTER! When revising my curation about Cyber-Security YOU MUST agree that Cyber-Criminals are getting more and more professional and that WE as users MUST learn to stay secure while surfing and to be prepared to avoid the pitfalls of cyber-criminals.

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Check also a new report from KASPERSKY here: Dangers of not securing your Internet Device

Check it out in the different proposed languages, please:

The above Curation gives YOU an overview what happened during the year with:

OK, NOW WE Know The Dangers, BUT How To Protect Against Them!?

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programmerman-animatedThat’s a good question, isn’t it? WHERE to start? Actually it isn’t THAT difficult at all, ALL YOU need (mostly) is to get the right reflexes! YOU need to get used on a daily base to be aware of the dangers YOU are used to this in Real-Life, so do it ALSO in Virtual-Life [internet]). BUT HOW!? I will present to YOU a couple of automated software programs who will make it very easy for YOU, the rest is just routine and reflexes 😉

Remember that in real life WE do Hygiene: brushing OUR teeth is ALREADY (OR SHOULD be) a daily task, reflex, which WE are using; right? WE SHOULD get such daily reflexes in the Virtual-World as well, WE need to get educated to it so that it becomes a daily reflex! SO… Here WE go NOW…

MOST of the below mentioned TIPS are for Windows users, BUT as “Nobody Is Perfect“, so lots of the advice’s are ALSO a MUST for Mac users!

First of ALL, WE SHOULD try to find a way THAT WHEN WE make a mistake (Nobody Is Perfect…) that WE don’t get infected OUR computers and devices (smartphones, tablets…)! So WE MUST first look for a protection software, I advice YOU to install a commercial “Internet Security Suite“, NOT ONLY an Anti-Virus, BUT an “Internet Security Suite“. Let’s say this ALSO, any installed Anti-Virus protection (FREEWARE) is BETTER than NO Protection, BUT commercial software has STILL BETTER results in protection, check the following links, please:

1ibdy1vf6wghd-n05dgl-attenzionearchitettofr01So, WE have NOW a protection installed, are WE safe NOW!? NO not at all! As already mentioned, “Nobody Is Perfect” and so it is also for the Anti-Virus programs. WE MUST be aware ALSO of OUR behavior (WE are nearly new born kids in the Virtual-World) and OUR Naivety (YES, some are STILL…):

The above mentioned links might be seen as lot of information, BUT it isn’t as ALL of them are very easy to understand and to apply! Take YOUR time and follow the instructions on How To apply them, please. BEST would be to read my FREE courses here:

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Guidelines for securing your home

 

Click the above image to access the article, please.

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Stay Informed About New Threats

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SOPHOS Security Threat Report 2014

Click image to download the report.

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It includes a range of security tips, and a section on proactive protection, entitled Staying Ahead of Today’s Most Sophisticated Attacks.

The report isn’t just about Windows and Windows malware, either.

You’ll find a wealth of information about how the cybercrooks are broadening their attack horizons to the Mac, Linux and Android platforms, too.

This is important material because it necessitates that we broaden our defensive horizons in reply.

The report also looks the technology and the underground economy behind crimeware tools such as exploit kits, botnets, click fraud, ransomware, and more.

As well as being a fascinating read, the Security Threat Report 2014 will help you to understand and to protect yourself against an enemy that is becoming ever smarter, shadier and stealthier.

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Get THE Weekly Reflex!

thumbs upAs already mentioned it are the reflexes who are very important! SO, let’s create them by checking every Friday OUR computer(s), as a reminder: I created the ===> Hashtag #FSCD <=== on Twitter! #FSCD means ===> “Friday Security Check Day”! <=== Follow it to make sure that YOU don’t forget about it 😉

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GUST-AVRIL2014-800px-2L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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Stay tuned for next blog posts 😉

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