+++
date = "2017-01-22T12:19:22-05:00"
title = "Practical Internet Privacy"
toc = true
topics = [
  "privacy"
]
categories = [
  "Tech"
]
draft = true
+++

## Why privacy matters

## Privacy practices

* HTTPS
* Privacy Badger
* Tor/VPN
* Paid services - aka, if you're not paying for the product, you are the product
* Do Not Track

## Why the stakes are higher in a Trump administration

* Obama was no saint when it comes to security
* Trump's pick for internet is real anti-free internet

+++
date = "2017-01-22T12:19:22-05:00"
title = "Practical Internet Privacy"
toc = true
topics = [
  "privacy"
]
categories = [
  "Tech"
]
draft = true
+++

## Why privacy matters

## Privacy practices

* HTTPS
* Privacy Badger
* Tor/VPN
* Paid services - aka, if you're not paying for the product, you are the product
* Do Not Track

## Why the stakes are higher in a Trump administration

* Obama was no saint when it comes to security
* Trump's pick for internet is real anti-free internet

### 3. Tape your camera

If you haven't heard of this, it must sound strange. But yes, tape your laptop
and phone camera, and open Skype or Photo Booth to make sure you can't see
anything through the lens. Why?

It's easier to attack your camera than it is to get into the rest of your
computer, and it's a popular method of information gathering. If an attacker got
in, it would be very hard to detect, since they could keep the camera light off,
even while recording.

But what could an attacker do with video from your camera, other than blackmail
you with footage of you whacking off? You can't be sure until it happens, but
there's usually lots of identifying information about you that an attacker could
use, and they can just wait until the piece they need comes in view.

Before you get too scared, this type of attack would have be targeted at you
specifically, so it is much less likely to happen. However, the fallout from
such an attack is enormous, and the solve is so cheap and easy, it's really a no
brainier. If [Mark Zuckerberg][mark-tapes] and the [FBI director][fbi-tapes]
both do it, you might as well, too.


Add a paragraph on taping your camera to privacy.
Add a paragraph on taping your camera to privacy.

This could have been in the security post, and i'll add a paragraph explaining
that side too, but it didn't fit as well with the rest of the security post, so
i'm putting it here.
