Protect Your Privacy

Decades ago (sigh) the Boomtown Rats released a single called 'Someone's Looking at You'.

They were right!

These links should help you protect your privacy as you interact with others on the Web.

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    Web Link Get Safe Online

    This website offers useful guidance for individuals and organisations to help them protect their devices and privacy.

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    Web Link EFF say FLoc Browser Technology is a terrible idea

    The Joomla! CMS by default blocked FLoC browser technology when it released the Joomla! 3.9.27 Security Fix.

    Why was this change made by The Joomla! Project?

    To help prevent website visitors from being profiled by FLoC browser technology.

    For more information about FLoC visit the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) website.

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    Web Link Block FLoC with DuckDuckGo

    Spread Privacy is the official DuckDuckGo Search Engine Blog.

    Here they show you how to add their privacy search engine to your browser.

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    Web Link Why make DuckDuckGo your default search engine?
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    Web Link Check whether your web browser is FLoCed

    At the time of writing in 2021, most web browser developers stated that it was their policy not to use FLoC browser technology.

    Things might however change.

    Use this link for peace of mind.

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    Web Link What is FLoC browser technology?

    Read what Wikipedia have to say about FLoC.

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    Web Link Have You Deleted Your Google Search History Yet?

    This is one of many useful articles published in the Official DuckDuckGo Blog.

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    Web Link Mozilla Says Google's FLoC does NOT protect user privacy

    Useful illustration from Mozilla of how FLoC is intended to protect individual user privacy, and how it fails to do so (11 June 2021).

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    Web Link Big Brother Watch

    “We work to roll back the surveillance state and protect the rights of everyone in the UK to be free from unfair intrusion.” Silkie Carlo, Director of Big Brother Watch.

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    Web Link ProtonMail Logs Activist's IP Address With French Authorities After Swiss Court Order
    The Hacker News reported on 6 September 2021 that ProtonMail were recently forced to cede to a legal request in Switzerland (where the company is based) to share the IP address of a group of political activists with law enforcement authorities in France, despite stating on their website that: "No personal information is required to create your secure email account. By default, we do not keep any IP logs which can be linked to your anonymous email account. Your privacy comes first." Hacker News reported that "ProtonMail users who are concerned about the visibility of their IP addresses should use a VPN or access the email service over the Tor network for additional anonymity".
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    Web Link Fake NHS vaccine Passport Emails and Texts Warning

    "Scammers are hoping to cash in on any confusion around the end of pandemic restrictions – watch out for these fake emails and texts." WHICH? July 2021.