Tuesday Sweep: 15 May 2018

Your weekly reminder to back up your data, update software and otherwise pay attention to your digital environment. (Oh, and I hope you went to the CRASH Space meeting…)

It’s been a super super long week for me, but I’m trying to model that it’s better to do a little bit when you can that to get hung up on being the perfect netizen all the time. Every file is made from bits. Toggle yours as you can.

Jump in Here

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  • Feeling more ambitious? Just wait for the Learn section!

Sweep

Weekly Basics

This Week’s Focus:

Permissions. What has permission to do what, with what data. Check settings this week!

Start up items

  • Switch to a privacy supportive search engine
  • Install privacy plugins
  • Develop a process for stripping EXIF data

Maintain

  • Check & clear histories
  • Delete software and accounts not in use
  • Check what your devices are saying about you:
    • Phone settings
    • Computer browsers
    • IoT devices
  • Do some contact list clean up
  • Transfer email to offline archive

Learn

News and Updates

Where do you scan for news?

Engage

We are a community. You are a welcome part of it.

Relax

Anthony Powell captures that even Penguins want privacy via Laughing Squid

carlyn

I make things that do stuff. The best, though, is teaching others to do the same. Founder of @crashspacela Alum of @ITP_NYU

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