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How To Protect Your Privacy Online

How To Protect Your Privacy Online

Your favorite smartphone apps, your preferred weather forecaster, your go-to photo sharing app, and other seemingly benign technologies likely reveal details about your life to companies looking to collect consumer data. While you want to protect your privacy online, they’re eager to gather thousands of data points on you every single day because more data means better accuracy for algorithms seeking to predict human behavior.

Data gathering can affect our lives in ways we can’t currently anticipate. If companies can accurately predict our purchasing behavior – and if they’re putting *perfectly* curated advertisements in front of us over and over again – do we minimalists stand a fighting chance?

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (who knew?!). While keeping your personal information safe online can seem overwhelming there are simple ways to both protect your data and trick the algorithms. Amira Dhalla is on the show today to offer a blueprint about how you can be cyber smart-er.

 

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[2:00] Beware of these  ‘deceptive patterns’ that trick us into giving away extra personal information

[10:00] The principles of threat monitoring applied to online privacy: Are quick-win benefits worth potential long-term risks?

[12:30] Why you shouldn’t automatically “Accept All Cookies” (online cookies aren’t all that tasty!)

[17:00] 5 privacy quick fixes you can enact in 5 minutes or less

[28:00] Thoughts on practicing an ounce of prevention

 

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If companies can accurately predict our purchasing behavior - and if they're putting *perfectly* curated advertisements in front of us over and over again - do we minimalists stand a fighting chance? While keeping your personal information safe online can seem overwhelming there are simple ways to both protect your data and trick the algorithms. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: How to keep your online data safe in 5 easy steps.

 

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Have a closet full of clothes but nothing to wear? While capsule wardrobes are often touted as the singular solution to closet overwhelm, many report that they can be restrictive, boring and, frankly, unrealistic in practice.

A minimalist closet is best served by first identifying the outfits needed to live YOUR unique life. On today's show podcaster Lauren Morley shows us how to streamline our wardrobes, say goodbye to clutter, and feel effortlessly put together every day by focusing less on capsules and more on a 20 outfit wardrobe, instead.

 

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