Does TikTok Threaten your Privacy and Security?
I started hearing warnings about how TikTok poses a threat to security. I wanted to look into it myself so I thought I’d share what I found with my readers.
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Category: Privacy issues
Your Smart TV is Watching You
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Back in 2014, I wrote Even your TV can spy on you warning readers that certain brands of smart TVs are collecting data
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Tips to Help You Disappear from the Internet
Do you sometimes worry there is too much information “out there” about you? I realize it is very difficult to actually disappear from the internet but you can try to
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Huge Cybersecurity Breach at Equifax – See if You are At Risk
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Just a quick post today before I go to work. Did not hear about this in mainstream TV news, but you should know
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Can Hackers Use Your Appliances as Weapons?
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Yesterday, a huge attack caused many popular sites such as Twitter, Reddit, Etsy, Spotify to go offline for a period of time. The
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HTTP vs HTTPS and Why You Should Care
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Yesterday, I got a couple of emails from readers that my site was not loading and people were getting an error message the
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Online Tracking that’s Almost Impossible to Stop
Today’s not a normal posting day but I came across this article that really made me think how much more information is being collected and the infinite ways we are being tracked.
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Even your TV can Spy on You
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com It’s bad enough that our smart phone can track us, but I found out something even more creepy than that: your TV can
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How Much Does that “Free” App Really Cost You?
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Not too long ago I posted about how to avoid being tracked by your smart phone. But couple of small incidents this past
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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I was mulling over the news that Nordstrom has reportedly stopped tracking its customers via smartphone. Most people were unaware that the retailer
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