![Protect Yourself Banner](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alanplotko/Protect-Yourself/master/docs/banner.png)

## Inspiration

Online services and companies have lots of information about us to help personalize and better our experience. However, sometimes the value of the information outweighs the benefits. There are also some that follow an opt-out policy, with very little effort in spreading the awareness of what it means to be opted in by default.

## About

Protect Yourself is a web application that educates users in what to watch out for before divulging personal information. The application provides tips, specific cases, and an online checkup process for how to handle your personal information. It also has a submission system to facilitate community-generated content. As such, more recent exploits, risks, and tips can easily populate into the application. Users can go through the process, submit their own tips and cases, and browse submissions from others.

You can view the DevPost submission [here](https://devpost.com/software/protect-yourself-1ypu9j).

## Contributing

Fork it and submit a pull request! You can also make suggestions and share ideas by opening an issue.

### Branches

`master`: the stable branch. Should be reliable.
`develop`: the beta branch. Small features may be done within develop.
`feature-X`: development of a particular feature. Usually in alpha or experimental until merged.

## Awards

Protect Yourself was developed at the American East Hackathon, HackAE. Protect Yourself was awarded the following:

- **Hack AE's "First Place"**
- **Hack AE's "Best Education Hack"**


![Protect Yourself Banner](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alanplotko/Protect-Yourself/master/docs/banner.png)

## Inspiration

Online services and companies have lots of information about us to help personalize and better our experience. However, sometimes the value of the information outweighs the benefits. There are also some that follow an opt-out policy, with very little effort in spreading the awareness of what it means to be opted in by default.

## About

Protect Yourself is a web application that educates users in what to watch out for before divulging personal information. The application provides tips, specific cases, and an online checkup process for how to handle your personal information. It also has a submission system to facilitate community-generated content. As such, more recent exploits, risks, and tips can easily populate into the application. Users can go through the process, submit their own tips and cases, and browse submissions from others.

You can view the DevPost submission [here](https://devpost.com/software/protect-yourself-1ypu9j).

## Contributing

Fork it and submit a pull request! You can also make suggestions and share ideas by opening an issue.

### Branches

- `master`: the stable branch. Should be reliable.
- `develop`: the beta branch. Small features may be done within develop.
- `feature-X`: development of a particular feature. Usually in alpha or experimental until merged.

## Awards

Protect Yourself was developed at the American East Hackathon, Hack AE. Protect Yourself was awarded the following:

- **Hack AE's "First Place"**
- **Hack AE's "Best Education Hack"**


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