Protect Your Privacy - Opt Out

If you're one who's decided

online privacy

is a battle not worth fighting, I say hats off to you. If you've said that, but deep down you're hoping that someone out there will find a solution, then you might want to follow

Kate Knibbs

.

In

Kate's gizmodo.com article

,

she was lovely enough to provide a few

Opt-Out options

for us to stop those creepy websites from tracking our every move. Thanks, again, Kate!

Source:

protectyourdreams.blogspot.ca/2014/07/protect-your-privacy-opt-out.html

Opt-Out, Step-by-Step

In summary, here are a few steps you don't want to miss from Kate's Opt-Out Article:

• AddThis.com Websites:click here to òpt-out of all ad-related tracking done by websites created by this company.

• Networkadvertising.org:click here to opt-out of ad-related tracking programs for up to 96 companies.

AddThis.com

lets you do to fairly easily, and should apply to all websites created by the company.

Look Closely

Networkadvertising.org

poses a bit more of a challenge, so here are some pointers. There are

three (3) columns/lists

of websites to opt-out of.

First,

all 96 companies;

second,

those companies that follow you; and

third,

those whose tracking programs you've already opted out of.

Opt-out out of the

second column

(click "select all", if you're overwhelmed), then

repeat for the first column.

To get as far as possible:

• Repeat this for each browser you use (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.)

• Repeat for each log-in on 'personalized' browsers such as Chrome, if applicable e.g. your Guest vs. your personal profiles.

Once you're finished, if you find that it will not let you opt-out of all 96, give it 5 minutes and try again. If that doesn't work,

let them know

.

Note:

"

Opting out does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising.

It does mean that the company or companies from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns."

-- 

Networkadvertising.org

Food for Thought

My life is an open book, in that I'd rather not have any secrets that keep me in bondage (mentally or otherwise), however, it's not so open that I want to make stalkers and identity thieves feel welcomed. Whether concern is around:

• Hackers and viruses like Heartbleed that publicize or steal password data, or

• Perverts and creeps that are following you or (scarier) your kids online,

companies have proven time and again that they while they want to know intimate details about you,

they can't be trusted to keep that data safe or use it wisely.

Privacy may be "a thing of the past" for the desensitized sociopaths we've created through our corporate, short-sighted, bottom-line-focused, profit-margin-driven society, but not for me.

P.S.

If you think I'm kidding about the sociopathic stalker-types, note the

tone of the author in this article

.

Keep your heads up and your eyes open, everyone!

My Twitter Follow Philosophy

Thank you

for following

@Cmaries08

on

Twitter!

I hope you

enjoy my tweets

about: 

* Inspiring quotes * Good books (usually novels) * God in Christ *

* Modern-minimalist chic Fashion & Home Design * Dance

Below,

you'll learn more about

who I follow - Directly,

as well as

via Lists.

What I Tweet -

http://twitter.com/cmaries08

Follow Philosophy

Who I Follow Directly

In an effort to make my newsfeed less overwhelming for me, and to truly enrich those of my followers interested in the same topics, please note that I

directly follow

only

those who share information on these five (5) topics,

 and only

where aligned with my values

 - no expletives or put-downs!

My Twitter Philosophy, Who I Follow - 

http://twitter.com/cmaries08

Who I Follow via Twitter Lists

As my interests are many, including

photography, getting organized, the English language

 and

millennial encouragement

(in a world always on their backs), I use 

Twitter Lists

 to follow those who talk about my other interests.

Explore 

my Twitter Lists

! Subscribe to those you find interesting.

Other Tweets

Occasionally, you'll see tweets on dance classes, theatre performances or causes I support (e.g. 

@AISToronto

), but these are rare.

What's Your Twitter Philosophy

Does your Twitter newsfeed give the information you really want?

Not

if you

follow everyone who follows you.

If you do that, your newsfeed gets

overwhelming

and is of

little value to you.

Hope you're inspired to create and share

your own Twitter Philisophy!

Feel free to use this as a guide.