Protecting Privacy and Computer Safety
The Internet is an ever-changing source of information. Inevitably, some of the links below will stop working. We will do our best to keep links current and remove broken links.
| Source | Link Info |
|---|---|
| Our Advice | Stop using Internet Explorer. A safer and more secure web browser is Firefox. Stop having your web browser save personal information such as name, address and passwords. Periodically empty/clear out the cached information in your web browser along with cookies, especially after visiting questionable web sites or those with lots of advertisements and pop-ups. Keep a "throwaway" email account used only for commerce, signing up for services, etc. Safeguard your personal and most trusted email account by not giving it to businesses or online vendors. Be sure that the firewall built into your computer operating system is turned on and turned up to the highest settings tolerable. |
| Article | EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy [April, 2002] - Though this article is dated, it is still relevant. |
| Article | Protecting Kids' Privacy - from the FTC.gov [January, 2009] |
| Article | Kid's Privacy - from OnGuardOnline.com [January, 2009] |
| Article | 10 Tips to Keep Kids Safe Online from Oxford Learning [November, 2009] |
| Article | Five ways to protect your privacy online from CNET. [December, 2007] |
| Article | Center for Democracy and Technology's Guide to Privacy Online [2009] |
| Article | How to Protect Your Privacy on Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn [September, 2007] - Though somewhat dated, it is still relevant. |
| Article | McAfee, Inc. Identifies the Most Dangerous -and Safest - Web Searches [May, 2009] |
| Article | Protect Your Privacy - from GetSafeOnline.org |
| Article | How Hackers Will Crack Your Password [January, 2009] |
| Online Game | For Kids: Keeping Personal Information Private |
| Resource | How to Delete Remembered Network Passwords in Windows and Why |
| Resource | SpywareWarrior.com - Though not updated since 2006, this site still contains a lot of useful information. The blogs appear to be active and current. Special Note: Professor Eric Howes at SpywareWarrior.com recommends that PC owners install two different anti-spyware applications because no one program has proven to be 100% effective. |
| Resource | All-Internet-Security.com - One stop shopping for all things related to Internet security including access to freeware products. |
| Resource | From Microsoft for Windows PCs: Improve your family's Web security in 4 steps Four steps to protect your computer |
| Software / Review | Kaspersky AntiVirus for Mac / for PC [Review of Kaspersky AntiVirus for Mac] |
| Software | Symantec Protection for Macs (for Macs but Symantec has many PC products as well.) |
| Resource | How to use Facebook privacy settings |
| Resource | Firefox Add-Ons Related to Privacy and Security - many addons to choose from. |
| Resource | Reputation Defender for your child - Though there are several online companies to protect one's online reputation, ReputationDefender.com was one of the first and most well known. |
| Software | MacScan - to protect privacy and security (for Mac OS X only) |
| Software | Intego products for Mac OSX - lest Mac owners feel slighted, Intego.com makes quality products to safeguard Apple comptuers |
| Software | Microsoft Windows Defender Antispyware software - Free (for PC only) |
| Software | Spybot - Search & Destroy- Free (for PC only) |
| Software | Ad-Aware - Free (for PC users) |
| Software | Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware - Free (for PC only) Read a September, 2008 review at Download.com. |
| Software | Privoxy - Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. (for both Macs and PCs; requires some computer knowledge to install/configure) |