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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Brief Contents
Contents in Detail
1. Get Smart
Take the Online Privacy Test
Eight Privacy Tips to Use Right Now
Targets and Nontargets
Losing Your Privacy
Ways You Can Lose Your Privacy
Protect Yourself Right Now
Tape Over Your Webcam
Lock Your Phone, Computer, and Tablet
Do a Privacy Check-Up
Don’t Email Your ID
Use a Password Manager and Install an Antitheft App
Be the Firewall
2. But It’s Just My Phone Number
You Control What You Share
Private Spaces and Activities
Lock Down Your Personally Identifying Information
Red Alert List
Yellow Alert List
Green List
Information-Sharing Guidelines
He Said, She Said
Worst-Case Scenario
3. You Got Hacked
One Compromised Account to Rule Them All
What Honan Did Wrong
Hack-Proof Your Life
Make Your Address Hard to Find
Don’t Link Major Accounts
Don’t Use One Service for Everything
Back Up Your Everything: Your Contacts, Your Files, Your Photos
Encrypt Your Computer’s Hard Drive
What to Do When You’ve Been Attacked
Recover Your Accounts and Data
When a Service Gets Hacked
If Your Financial Information May Have Been Exposed in a Data Breach
How to Change Your Email Address
Choose a New Home
Set Up Forwarding
Move In
Update Your Accounts
Tell Everyone
4. Female Trouble
Recovering from Harassment
When Will It Stop?
Staying Strong
Fighting Back
Navigating the Legal System
Getting a Restraining Order
Getting Your Private Photos Offline
Doing It Yourself
If You’re a Minor
Outsourcing the Work
Preventative Maintenance
5. Identity Theft
Signs of Identity Theft
Run, Don’t Walk
Place a Fraud Alert
Order Free Credit Reports
File an Identity Theft Report
Contact the IRS
Alert Businesses
Don’t Let It Happen to You
Prevent Identity Theft
Avoid Phishing Attacks
If Your Phone or Computer Is Stolen
Install an Antitheft Tracking App
Permanently Delete Information from Your Device
6. How to Share
Social Media Checklist
Sharing Only What You Want
Friending
But I Can’t Give Up Facebook (or Instagram, or Twitter, or FourSquare, or . . .)
Quit Humping My Leg, Facebook
Location Information in Photos
Be Smart About Checking In
Controlling What You Share with Google and Google+
Managing Your Google+ Profile
Locking Down the Privacy Settings on Your New Phone
Safely Disposing of Old Devices
7. People-Search Websites
But I’m Not That Interesting
The Dangers Lurking in People-Finder Sites
How People-Finder Sites Get Your Information
It Sounds Like There’s Nothing I Can Do, So Why Do Anything?
8. Dating and Sexytime
Make a Smart Dating Profile
Screen Out Scammers and Stalkers
Make the Internet Wear a Condom
Private Time Online: Browsing Privately and Securing Your Sensitive Information
Search Engine Creep
Cookies
Leave No Trace
Keep Your Sensitive Files Private
Erase Files Completely
Make Your Browser Private
Do Not Track
Private Browsing
How to Tell If Someone Was on Your Computer
9. Ninja Tricks
Ninja Your Credit Cards
Ninja Move: Freeze Your Credit
Stealth Out Your Mailing Address
Stealth Out Your Phone Number
Ninja Tricks: Encrypt Your Private Communication
Protecting Your Email
Keeping Your Chats Private
Encrypting Your Internet Activity
Ninja Choke Hold: Strong, Easy Privacy Apps
Ninja Your IP Address
Use Tor
Use a VPN
Get Hard-core: Make a Data Silo
10. I Hate Passwords
How People Steal Passwords
But I Have to Share My Password
Password Fu
Resources
Chapter 1: Get Smart
Antitheft Apps (see also Chapter 5)
Antitracking Plug-ins and Extensions (see also Chapter 8)
Password Managers (see also Chapter 10)
Searching Your Name (see also Chapter 7)
Chapter 2: But It’s Just My Phone Number
Red Alert List
Yellow Alert List
Green List
Chapter 3: You Got Hacked
Account Recovery
Backup Services and Products
Create an Account with a New Email Provider
Encryption Products
Encryption Programs
Place a Fraud Alert
Chapter 4: Female Trouble
Counseling, Therapy, and Support
DMCA Takedown Request Services
Outsourcing
Reputation Services and Image Removal
Revenge Porn Support Organizations
Chapter 5: Identity Theft
Antitheft Tracking Apps
FTC Identity Theft Report
Place a Fraud Alert and Get Copies of Your Credit Reports
Place a Security Freeze on Your Credit
Chapter 6: How to Share
Social Media Privacy Settings
Photo Sharing Site Privacy Settings
Chapter 7: People-Search Websites
Find Tracking Companies
People-Finder Sites
Opt Out of Data Mining
Chapter 8: Dating and Sexytime
Browser Plug-ins and Extensions
Browser Security Settings
Chapter 9: Ninja Tricks
Credit Freezes and Fraud Alerts
Prepaid Credit Cards/Gift Cards
OpenPGP Encryption
OTR
Recommended Privacy Apps
Tor (The Onion Router)
VoIP
Chapter 10: I Hate Passwords
Password Generators
Password Managers
Index
Footnotes
1. Get Smart
3. You Got Hacked
5. Identity Theft
9. Ninja Tricks
10. I Hate Passwords
About the Author
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