Mail & Guardian Chief Technology Officer, Alistair Fairweather wanted to know how easy it is for someone to know private details of your life with none other than the Internet. So, he asked readers of his blog for volunteers interested in having their privacy invaded systematically. To his surprise, he received about 20 volunteers who all felt confident in their ability to protect their online privacy. Even when he sent them to make sure they knew what they were signing for, the general response was "We are confident in our privacy online. Do your best."
with warned target, he began his experience with just the name and email address of each volunteer. He began his journey in the world of open-source intelligence (or OSINT) using Google, Facebook and some other online sources and found much more than he ever thought it would be! He was able to discover the about his goals for the protection of the following personal-savvy information in hours: for exact home address, date of birth, work email addresses, the names and photos of the extended family, childhood homes of addresses, cell phone numbers private , and more!
The shocking truth about online private life is even when you think you are doing a good job to protect you online, you're probably not. There's always more security measures can be implemented.
You can know exactly what he discovered about his goals and what tools he used private by visiting How are you really online ? and make you less of an obvious target be sure to:
- Check your privacy settings on all social media platforms
- Do not post your home address anywhere online - If you must use a PO Box
- Do not post your private cell phone number anywhere online
- Do not use the same username and password and / or e-mail address for each online account
- Stop and Think before you post! (Once you put something online - good luck trying to retract)
0 Komentar