The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy : Practical Tips for Staying Safe Online

The whirlwind of social media, online dating, and mobile apps can make life a dream—or a nightmare. For every trustworthy website, there are countless jerks, bullies, and scam artists who want to harvest your personal information for their own purposes. But you can fight back, right now. In __The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy__, award-winning author and investigative journalist Violet Blue shows you how women are targeted online and how to keep yourself safe. Blue's practical, user-friendly advice will teach you how to: * Delete personal content from websites * Use website and browser privacy controls effectively * Recover from and prevent identity theft * Figure out where the law protects you–and where it doesn't * Set up safe online profiles * Remove yourself from people-finder websites Even if your privacy has already been compromised, don't panic. It's not too late to take control. Let __The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy__ help you cut through the confusion and start protecting your online life. We all live online these days, and the whirlwind of social media, online dating, and smartphones can make your life a dream - or a nightmare. For every trustworthy website, there are countless jerks, bullies, creepers, and scam artists out there who would harvest your personal information for their own purposes. Whether they just add your number to a marketing database or use it to actively stalk you, you have the power to fight back, and you can start right now. Award-winning author and investigative journalist Violet Blue shows you the ropes in The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy, the only guide focused on how women are targeted online and how you can avoid getting hacked. Follow Blue's practical, user-friendly advice to stay safe online and spend less time worrying. Find out how to: Remove personal content. Protect or repair your online reputation. Get organized and simplify your privacy choices across apps and services. Recover from or prevent identity theft. Know where the law protects you - and where it doesn't. Act fast and save your privacy if you've been hacked. Set up safe online profiles. Get removed from people finder websites. Even if your privacy has already been compromised, don't panic, because it's not too late to take control. No matter who you are, it's scary to think about what some stranger could dig up about you on the Internet and how they might use that information against you. Let The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy help you hack your way through the jungle of privacy chaos, and start protecting your online life. I've rarely read a book that chilled and scared me the way writer Violet Blue's The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy did. - Dame Magazine A practical guide for women to protect themselves against hackers, spammers, and creeps online. - The Daily Dot A must read for women online. - Chicago Now The whirlwind of social media, online dating, and mobile apps can make life a dream#8212;or a nightmare. For every trustworthy website, there are countless jerks, bullies, and scam artists who want to harvest your personal information for their own purposes. But you can fight back, right now. In The Smart Girl#8217;s Guide to Privacy , award-winning author and investigative journalist Violet Blue shows you how women are targeted online and how to keep yourself safe. Blue#8217;s practical, user-friendly advice will teach you how to: #8211;Delete personal content from websites #8211;Use website and browser privacy controls effectively #8211;Recover from and prevent identity theft #8211;Figure out where the law protects you#8212;and where it doesn#8217;t #8211;Set up safe online profiles #8211;Remove yourself from people-finder websites Even if your privacy has already been compromised, don#8217;t panic. It#8217;s not too late to take control. Let The Smart Girl#8217;s Guide to Privacy help you cut through the confusion and start protecting your online life The whirlwind of social media, online dating, and smartphones can make life a dreamor a nightmare. For every trustworthy website, there are countless jerks, bullies, and scam artists who would harvest your personal information for their own purposes. But you can fight back, right now. In The Smart Girls Guide to Privacy , award-winning author and investigative journalist Violet Blue shows you how women are targeted online and how to keep yourself safe. Blues practical, user-friendly advice will show you how to: Delete personal content from websites Use website and browser privacy controls effectively Recover from and prevent identity theft Figure out where the law protects youand where it doesnt Set up safe online profiles Remove yourself from people finder websites Even if your privacy has already been compromised, dont panic. Its not too late to take control. Let The Smart Girls Guide to Privacy help you cut through the confusion and start protecting your online life. Discusses How To Protect Personal Information From Online Privacy Violations. Covers How To Set And Store Secure Passwords, Monitor Online Visibility, Safely Use Social Media And Apps, And Create Online Profiles. Contains Emergency Instructions For Those Who Have Been Hacked Or Had Their Identity, Phone, Or Laptop Stolen-- Get Smart -- But It's Just My Phone Number -- You Got Hacked -- Female Trouble -- Identity Theft -- How To Share -- People Search Websites -- Dating And Sexytime -- Ninja Tricks -- I Hate Passwords. Violet Blue. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "The whirlwind of social media, online dating, and mobile apps can make life a dream--or a nightmare. For every trustworthy website, there are countless jerks, bullies, and scam artists who want to harvest your personal information for their own purposes. But you can fight back, right now. In The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy, award-winning author and investigative journalist Violet Blue shows you how women are targeted online and how to keep yourself safe."-- Portion of summary from book "Discusses how to protect personal information from online privacy violations. Covers how to set and store secure passwords, monitor online visibility, safely use social media and apps, and create online profiles. Contains emergency instructions for those who have been hacked or had their identity, phone, or laptop stolen"-- Provided by publisher Get smart But it's just my phone number You got hacked Female trouble Identity theft A smart girl's guide to social media People search websites Dating and sexytime Ninja tricks and advanced-fu I hate passwords.