Common Sense Privacy

Check out our third key finding that found a decrease from 2017 of 6 percent in the percentage of services that support, but do not require #encryption in our 2018 State of #EdTech #Security Survey commonsense.org/education/bl…

Check out our second key finding that found an increase from 2017 of 22 percent in the percentage of services that require #encryption in our 2018 State of #EdTech #Security Survey commonsense.org/education/bl…

Read more about our key finding that found an increase from 2017 of 16 percent in the percentage of services that support #encryption in our 2018 State of #EdTech #Security Survey commonsense.org/education/bl…

Common Sense released a fascinating survey of teenagers and their parents attitudes towards privacy. Both groups feel that there is a much greater need for clarity and share deep concerns on how their data is used: bit.ly/2MtFZPF

Also as seen in the terms, your biometric information is an asset, and can be sold by the company as part of a merger or acquisition.

Always read the terms of apps. For example, this facial recognition app can share data with law enforcement. blippar.com/en/privacy/

Second: the terms under which data can be sold are often buried in the terms of service.

These comments highlight a couple things: first, sales of data are widespread. When a service doesn't charge, data often brings in revenue.

This is what mapping privacy questions looks like. More good things to come! #privacytip

And while this example from the NY Times is out of date, it illustrates why supporting encryption is essential. #privacytip

The full paper is here as a pdf: randomwalker.info/publicatio… This quote on holding publishers accountable for tracking is spot on.

Protecting cookies is important. politico.com/story/2017/03/r…

And this discussion with them about their work is equally good: youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8e9_xR…

Social graphs as a means to identify people, or why we are only as private as our least private friend. #privacytip theatlantic.com/technology/a…

Today's #privacytip: Use Lightbeam to see who is tracking you. mozilla.org/en-US/lightbeam/

Collecting only the data you need, and deleting data you no longer need - is great protection. lansingstatejournal.com/stor… h/t @douglevin

This is what targeted advertising looks like, and one of many reasons why privacy matters. propublica.org/article/faceb…

Today's intro to security tip: when you are browsing the web, look for encryption in your address bar.