
Practical Internet Privacy
by Jessamyn Westlibrarian.net/talks/privacy
Slides and Notes
- General talk/program slides: PDF format, Keynote format, PowerPoint
- Special "How to talk about privacy" slides: PDF, Keynote, PowerPoint
- Read a text version of this talk
- Google Doc version of these links
- See a video recording of this talk
Privacy Links
Threat model/Security Plan- EFF, Your Security Plan
- https://ssd.eff.org/module/your-security-plan
- FERPA and protecting student privacy from US Department of Education
- https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/
- Privacy threats in intimate relationships
- https://academic.oup.com/cybersecurity/article/6/1/tyaa006/5849222
- XKCD on Password Strength
- https://xkcd.com/936/
- Password managers
- http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-password-managers/
- Everything You Know About 'Secure' Passwords Is Wrong
- https://www.tomsguide.com/us/password-advice-wrong,news-25617.html
- Two Factor Authentication
- https://twofactorauth.org/
- Tor browser bundle
- https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
- EFF's Tor Relay Info
- https://www.eff.org/am/pages/what-tor-relay
- What is a VPN?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
- Sensible talk about HTTPS
- http://www.librarian.net/stax/4771/
- Signal, encrypted chat
- https://whispersystems.org/
- Router vulnerability explained simply
- https://thenextweb.com/security/2017/10/17/krack-explained-like-youre-five-years-old/
- Gizmodo: The House that Spied on Me
- https://gizmodo.com/the-house-that-spied-on-me-1822429852
- Amazon's Alexa recorded private conversation and sent it to random contact
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/amazon-alexa-recorded-conversation
- How to stop your smart TV from spying on you
- https://www.wired.com/2017/02/smart-tv-spying-vizio-settlement/
- Turning off voice control
- http://bit.ly/2p4kmKr
- Your smart devices listening to you, explained
- https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/9/20/20875755/smart-devices-listening-human-reviewers-portal-alexa-siri-assistant
- Ad Block Plus
- https://adblockplus.org/
- Privacy Badger
- https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
- HTTPS Everywhere
- https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
- FB Purity
- http://www.fbpurity.com/
- Ghostery
- https://www.ghostery.com/
- DuckDuckGo
- https://duckduckgo.com/
- About privacy and personalized ads
- https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2549116
- Your Facebook ad preferences
- https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/
- How to get to browser privacy settings
- Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-options-preferences-and-settings#w_privacy-security-panel
Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/14225066
Safari https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471
Microsft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/adjust-privacy-settings-in-microsoft-edge
- Washington Post: 15 default privacy settings you should change right now
- https://wapo.st/2Jjjm1J
- Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz
- http://www.pewinternet.org/quiz/cybersecurity-knowledge/
- ALA Privacy Guidelines
- http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacyconfidentiality/...
- ALA Privacy Checklist (et al.)
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- ALA Choose Privacy Week
- https://chooseprivacyweek.org/
- EFF Surveillance Self-Defense Starter Pack
- https://ssd.eff.org/en
- Consumer Reports: Talking to Kids about Digital Privacy
- https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/kids-and-digital-privacy-what-works/
- New York Times Privacy Project
- Krebs on Security
- Schneier on Security
- EFF Deeplinks blog
- Decent Security
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Huge thanks to TJ for the starter version of this list and Graham John Pegg for the info icon

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