How to protect your privacy online is a debate that has been sparked fierce debate even more than usual with the situation involving the NSA and Eric Snowden. Thoughts of the book '1984' and 'Big Brother' looking over your shoulder, tracking your every move seems to be more real than ever before. And he seems to have an impressive array of tools at his disposal.....worms, trojan horses, phishing expeditions, viruses, spyware and other malware, hackers, etc. Question is.....Do the benefits of such programs outweigh the trade off in your privacy?

1. How To Protect Your Privacy Online
How to protect your privacy online is a debate that has been sparked
fierce debate even more than usual with the situation involving the NSA
and Eric Snowden. Thoughts of the book '1984' and 'Big Brother' looking
over your shoulder, tracking your every move seems to be more real than
ever before. And he seems to have an impressive array of tools at his
disposal.....worms, trojan horses, phishing expeditions, viruses,
spyware and other malware, hackers, etc.
Question is.....Do the benefits of such programs outweigh the tradeoff
in your privacy?
That may be a question for another day. The more immediate questions
that you should be asking yourself right now are...1) Why should I be
concerned with protecting my privacy online? 2) Exactly HOW are people
able to get around my privacy protections that I've put in place? And
3) What steps can I take to bolster my privacy online?
A few days ago, I heard a quote from a well known member of the tech
community that said to the effect, "You no longer have any privacy.
Just get over it". I suspect that he was suggesting that our online
activities leave a 'bread crumb trail' that broadcasts to anyone who
cares enough to know, just when and where you've been, and what you've
been up to.

2. But is he correct? Should we "just get over it" and give up clinging to
the notion that we have any privacy left in this world?
I don't think so. But let's get back to answering those questions....
1) There are any number of reasons you should at least make an attempt
to protect your online privacy from would-be eavesdroppers. But right
off the top off my head....
People can say that they are you when they're not when they have access
to your personal information. (Ever notice how many Twitter and Facebook
pages there are for celebrities that aren't authentic, but LOOK like
they are?) Imagine someone else impersonating you. Making statements
that you......
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