Spring Cleaning

Technology Pill

This week we talk to PI's Tech Co-ordination Groups to bring you tips and tricks about how to start cleaning up and securing your phone or computer.

Episode notes

Useful info

How to minimise targeted ads: privacyinternational.org/act/minimise-targeted-ads

Protect yourself from online tracking: privacyinternational.org/act/protect-yourself-online-tracking

Social media account settings: privacyinternational.org/act/protect-yourself-social-media-monitoring

Our Onion address: privacyintyqcroe.onion

Episode Info

3:24 - reasons to delete apps you’re not using

6:18 - 4 things you should do first

6:37 - Updates

7:59 - Password managers Keepass, 1password, Lastpass

11:40 - Has your data been breached? haveibeenpwned.com/

12:56 - Backups

19:05 - Apps

20:52 - Firewalls

Netguard - play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard&hl=en_GB

Clamwin - clamwin.com

28:45 - When is too old too old

31:12 - iPhone

Better Blocker - better.fyi

36:27 - Android

40:29 - Social Media

40:29 Facebook/instagram

Facebook TOR address: facebookcorewwwi.onion

Zynga hack: theguardian.com/games/2019/dec/19/170m-passwords-stolen-in-zynga-words-with-friends-hack-monitor-says

45:20 - Twitter

MicahFlee - delete your tweets: micahflee.com/2019/06/semiphemeral-automatically-delete-your-old-tweets-except-for-the-ones-you-want-to-keep/

Social media monitoring by local authorities - privacyinternational.org/long-read/3586/when-local-authorities-arent-your-friends

49:40 - Email

51:35 - Desktops

51:50 - Windows

CCleaner - ccleaner.com/

WinDirStat - windirstat.net/

55:42 - Mac OS

Little snitch - obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

58:20 - Linux

Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) - linux.com/training-tutorials/introduction-uncomplicated-firewall-ufw/

Firewall D - firewalld.org/

1:01:40 Encryption

Veracrypt - veracrypt.fr/en/Introduction.html

Bitlocker - support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028713/windows-10-turn-on-device-encryption