They're not SELLING your data. It's MUCH worse...

05/31/22 • 12 min

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It says on the Big G's website:
‘We do not sell your personal information to anyone’”
The truth is, they ARE SHARING your personal and sensitive information, and being compensated handsomely in return. But what’s ACTUALLY going on in this exchange is far WORSE that you can possibly imagine.
I chat with Bennett Cyphers from EFF, and Johnny Ryan from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, about what is actually being done with your personal information and real-time location data.
00:00 "We Don't Sell Your Data"
00:36 How Do They Make Their Money?
01:32 Real-Time Bidding
03:22 How the Data is Collected
04:10 What Data is Collected?
05:27 Which Companies Get Your Data?
06:38 WHAT Do These Companies Do?
08:58 How Is All This Possible?
10:06 Are They Selling Your Data?
10:31 How Can We Protect Ourselves?
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These Tracking Links Reveal A LOT About You

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Tracking links are a way for sites to track you across the web. They usually look like super long strings of random numbers attached to the end of normal URLs, and companies use them to build up dossiers on people based on their browsing habits. And they can reveal VERY sensitive information about you!
Luckily there are many tools available to help you strip them out and protect your privacy.
00:00 What are Tracking Links?
02:50 How to Spot a Tracking Link
05:09 Sneaky ways sites track you
05:59 How to Stop Tracking Links
06:27 Debouncing
07:22 Unlinkable Bouncing
08:56 BEST Tip for Stopping Tracking Links
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Privacy Travel Tips: How To Keep Your Data Private If Your Phone Is Seized

Traveling with digital devices can be risky -- sometimes phones or laptops are seized as you’re going through security, they can be scanned, and a whole bunch of personal data taken from them. This includes your private photos, passwords to email accounts, and even your 2FA seeds.
For anyone who wants to maximize privacy, here are 6 tips for traveling with electronic devices.
The final tip is “phone pair locking”, where, even if your phone is taken by security, it can't be connected to any forensics machines or copied.
00:00 Intro
01:49 How Phone Pairing Threatens Your Privacy
03:56 How to Protect Your Data
04:00 Power Off Devices
05:32 Silo Data
06:13 Don't Draw Attention To Yourself
07:04 Protect Your 2FA Seeds
07:25 Configure Your Pin Settings
08:28 Phone Pair-Locking
Brought to you by NBTV members: Lee Rennie, Will Sandoval, and Naomi Brockwell
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