Privacy audit: Find out what the Internet knows about you

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Privacy is such a fickle concept — and doubly so, online. Many of us are quite happy to share what we ate for dinner (Instagram), where we’re going on holiday (Facebook), when we got a promotion (LinkedIn), or even how we feel about delicate issues (Twitter). Conversely, we go to the ends of the earth to protect and insure our physical possessions; to fend off any dangers or insecurities that might befall our beloved TV, car, or iPhone.

Yet, when discussing the prospect of merging the two — the idea of protecting our digital property and identity — most of us willingly remain in the dark.

A new era of online privacy

At least, many were happy not to think about our privacy until earlier this year, when the advent of the EU General Data Protection Regulation forced us to contemplate the issue. From having no concept — or potentially care — about how or where our digital data was being stored, we were suddenly encouraged to track it down and eliminate it.

The issue is real. In the past few weeks alone, as many as 50 million Facebook accounts were endangered as part of its latest data breach. Its latest! And that’s in a domain where people actively cast their privacy aside.

Full reading: https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/privacy-audit/24415/