There are a lot of ways to invade a person's privacy these days. It used to be that this threat was not very prevalent, because only a select group of skilled people knew how to exploit personal privacy. Now the techniques for doing this are so public anyone can invade your privacy. As likely that your digital privacy has been compromised by a random person, is that it may have been compromised by your own government. If the government believes that you are a threat to its agenda, you may very well have had your communications compromised. You could have had your emails read, your phonecards listened to, and/or your IP Number tracked, and you would never know. So, from this point forward why not make it a little more difficult for ANYONE that might try to invade your privacy?
Below are some FREE tools to help you Encrypt your communications and keep your digital privacy, private!
(1) Proton Mail: Proton Mail is probably one of the best encrypted email programs out today. Proton Mail was developed in 2013 by scientists from the CERN Research Facility in Geneva, Switzerland, It provides end to end encryption, and gives you the encryption keys, so that even the people running Proton Mail can't read your email. The developers of Proton Mail worked very hard on laying emphasis on protecting your email privacy. You can open a FREE account with Proton Mail or you can pay a small monthly fee for upgraded versions of Proton Mail that has greater storage, and more options.
(2) Proton VPN: A VPN is a Virtual Private Network. A Virtual Private Network reroutes your Internet Traffic through a different server, thereby protecting your IP Number, which is unique to your computer. This is important, because one f the first steps to tracing your email or finding what sites you are browsing is to identify your IP number.
(3) Signal Messenger: Signal Messenger provides encrypted communications on your cell phone, It is peer reviewed, open source and FREE. It has been reviewed by many well respected privacy experts. It even encrypts your phone calls, if both communicating parties are using it.
(4) Intra: Intra provides DNS protection. It keeps your Domain Name Server from being attacked or manipulated, which is a common cause for not being able to reach certain websites. Often times entities that want to censor what sites you can view do this by manipulating your DNS. This is an Android application, so it works on Android Phones and Chromebooks.
As stated above there are many ways to invade a person's privacy, being that your garbage is one of those ways, invest in a shredder. Preferably a cross-cut or a micro-cut shredder. However, if you want to get by on the cheap, I'll instruct you how to make any shredder work. With the technology that is out today for reconstructing shredded documents, there is a way to shred documents to protect your privacy. First remember, you have to do more than expect the machine to do all of the work. So, below is a step by step guide on how to properly shred documents.
(1) Every shredder should have a plastic bag inside of the bucket to catch the shredded documents. Put a garbage bag inside of the shredder bucket.
(2) Buy some Elmer's Glue or Honey. Either one will do.
(3) When you are ready to empty your shredder bucket, take the bag out, spritz the inside of the bag where the shredded documents are with Elmer's Glue or honey, and shake the bag thoroughly. This will cause the shredded material to stick together, and make an all around mess for anyone trying to reconstruct your documents.
(4) Discard your bag inside one of the trash bags you are taking out to the curb!
The steps I provided above should keep your documents private.
It is a good idea to have your shredder in your office right beside your desk, so as you are reviewing your documents or working on replying to private documents, you can shred as you work. Shred liberally. If you have any doubt about whether or not a document contains private information when you're finished with it and getting ready to dispose of it, SHRED IT!
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