This document discusses privacy and security online. It notes that security and privacy are important parts of our online lives. It warns about data permanence, as online behavior can have offline consequences and views expressed online may impact personal life with no expiration date. It also discusses how users are tracked online and tools like Lightbeam that reveal third party tracking. It covers permissions management, private browsing, HTTP vs HTTPS, secure sockets layer encryption, cookies and celebrating privacy month.

1. Privacy and Security

2. Privacy and Security
• Security and Privacy is an important part of
our online lives
• So we should know how to handle it and keep
the web healthy

3. Why should you care?
• Two words..
DATA PERMANENCE

4. Data Permanence
• Offline consequences of online behavior
• Views on sensitive issues might impact in
personal life
• No expiration date and no “erase” button

5. Do you know you are been
tracked online

6. Shine a Light on Who’s Watching You
Watching You

7. Lightbeam
• Lightbeam is a Firefox add-on
• It uses interactive visualizations to show you the first
and third party sites you interact with on the Web
• Reveals parts that are not transparent to the average
user

8. Visited Sites Third Party Sites

9. Lightbeam Demo

10. Permissions Manager
• Using which you can give certain websites the
ability to store passwords, set cookies and
more
• The Permissions Manager now collects various
website permissions all in one place

11. How do I open the Permissions
Manager?
Tools → Page Info
(Ctrl + I)

12. Permissions Demo

13. Private Browsing
• Private Browsing allows you to browse the
Internet without saving any information
• Information about which sites and pages
you’ve visited
• Many a times you need the browser not to
store the information (history)

14. What does Private Browsing not
save?
• Visited pages
• Form and Search Bar entries
• Passwords
• Download List entries
• Cookies
• Cached Web Content
• Offline Web Content

15. How do I open a new Private
Window?
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17. HTTP vs HTTPS
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
(HTTP)
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Secure (HTTPS)

18. Why do we need extra “S”?
• That extra "S" in the URL means your
connection is secure
• It is much harder for anyone else to see what
you're doing
• it's primarily used by sites that handle money

20. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• Secure Socket Layer Encryption is a technology
that protects Web sites
• Each SSL Certificate contains unique,
authenticated information about the owner

21. What are Internet Cookies?
• A cookie is a type of message that is given to a
browser by a Web server
• A cookie is information stored on your
computer by a website you visit
• Cookies store your settings for a website, such
as preferred language or location
• This allows the site to present you with
information you needs

22. Can Cookies be malicious?
• Cookies that watch your online activity are
called malicious or tracking cookies
• These types of cookies can be used to store
and track your activity online
• Many antivirus today will flag suspicious
cookies when scanning your system for viruses

23. Mozilla India & Privacy Day
• Every year, the month of January is celebrated
as “Privacy Month”
• 28 January is celebrated internationally as
Data Privacy Day
• Share your privacy makes with #PrivacyMonth
and #Advocate4Privacy

24. Thank you !
Abhiram R
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