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Tips to Protect Your Search Privacy

1. Don’t Put Personally Identifying Information in Your Search Terms (Easy) Searching for your name and where you live could give a malicious actor enough information to track you down. If someone is monitoring your network activity and you’re using a search engine without encryption, your search terms could be leaked. Even if you don’t… The post Tips to Protect Your Search Privacy appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Security Innovation: What is PII and How Can I Protect My Private Information?

Search Encrypt is sharing Security Innovation‘s insight on how to protect your private information online. Security Innovation is a software security company specializing in testing and assessing different platforms, including IoT, for their security. What is PII? According to Security Innovation, “PII stands for Personally Identifiable Information. This can be labeled as any data Read More The post Security Innovation: What is PII and How Can I Protect My Private Information? appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

The Greatest Risk for Consumers & Businesses with IOT is Privacy

The biggest concerns with IoT (the Internet of Things) are different depending on who you ask. From a consumer standpoint, their biggest concern is privacy. Access to consumer data could reveal voice recordings, movements, weight, and even eating habits of the home’s inhabitants. Businesses have similar concerns, however the data involved isn’t about the Read More The post The Greatest Risk for Consumers & Businesses with IOT is Privacy appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

Search Encrypt on Wikipedia

Search Encrypt is an Internet search engine that prioritizes maintaining user privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results. Search Encrypt differentiates itself from other search engines by using local encryption on searches and delayed history expiration. Search Encrypt emphasizes on steps to anonymize user data, rather than building behavioral retargetingprofiles on users. In November 2017, the site had 22.74 million visitors.[2] Search Read More The post Search Encrypt on Wikipedia appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .

Three Ways To Communicate Anonymously and Privately Online

There are more ways to communicate online now than ever. It can be overwhelming to choose which service to use. We often find ourselves communicating with one person via multiple channels (e.g. Facebook Messenger, texting, and Snapchat). Because our communication is spread across so many channels, it is vulnerable from many angles. By using Read More The post Three Ways To Communicate Anonymously and Privately Online appeared first on Choose To Encrypt .