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Reclaim Your Privacy

Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy via The Intercept It’s a long read, but worth reading..  for those that want the cliff notes version, I pulled these from this article: Step One:  Tor Software to use to browse the web anonymously Step Two:  HTTPS Everywhere Forces your browser to use https (think *secure session*, like the kind of connection you want when you are shopping or banking online) Step Three:  Duck Duck Go Search engine that doesn't track you (set as the default of your browser) Step Four:  KeePassX Password manager, use in conjunction with 2-Factor Authentication [// I think this is great for websites in general but banking, credit card, email and other "mission critical" sites-- I'm still a little skeptical about relying on using a key system for these sites] Step Five:  Signal Encrypted instant messenger & calling without having to change your number