The Privacy Podcast

Despite data breach notification laws across the country, many breaches just simply go unreported. We need changes in our legal systems to help shape market forces in behalf of privacy. SSNBreach.org was designed to help push market forces in favor of privacy.

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When people say, "I have nothing to hide," they really mean, "I am not ashamed of anything." The truth is, we all have a lot to hide, and shame is just one of many reasons to keep information private or confidential. Having something to hide is not an admission of guilt, and it does not mean you have anything to be ashamed of.
We keep Social Security Numbers private not because we are ashamed of the number, but because we fear identity theft. Sometimes medical conditions remain confidential because others may react irrationally to them.
Privacy is the recognition that individuals and institutions act unreasonably and irresponsibly to the detriment of individuals and society, when in possession of truthful facts. Humans are biased.

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Georges Seurat-La Parade

The most instructive visualization of privacy I've seen.

Now that you have graduated from high school, your text messages are probably a bit more sophisticated than: cya l8r @ Strbks lol :-P g2g. …or perhaps not.
As it turns out, people text message about just about everything—from confidential business arrangements, to extramarital affairs. Where do all of those text messages go? Well, nowhere. They stay right on your cell phone… even after you have deleted them, and sold your phone to someone else.
http://www.aarontitus.net/privacy/

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Strong Bad E-mail: "Technology"

The ever-venerable Strong Bad, animated by the Brothers Chaps, imparts wisdom on technology and cell phones.

Foley.com

September 2006 Privacy Report by DC law firm, Foley.

Repeat after me: The internet is NOT a fuzzy cloud. The "fuzzy cloud" picture was developed by a group of wannabe techies who were looking for job security by keeping the rest of us in the dark. The internet is an actual, real-life wire, actually buried in the ground. It might be fiber optics or copper, but the internet is simply a wire. You are now smarter than 25% of your peers- which makes this an extremely efficient podcast.
Armed with this understanding, you will be able to sort out the real and bogus threats to privacy online.
http://www.aarontitus.net/privacy/

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NOT The Internet

The Internet is NOT a fuzzy cloud. And don't forget it.

The Internet (For Real)

This is the Internet. It's actually a real, live wire, buried in the ground.

"ping" and "tracert"

Using these two functions, you can learn a lot about packets, routers, and IP addresses.