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Data Privacy and 8 simple tips to protecting your personal privacy online

October 24, 2020 By lbszoneditor

Credit: imediaconnection.com

Data protection and privacy is a constantly evolving field and requires ongoing efforts to maintain security.  It is always a great reminder to regularly think about your own data usage and data privacy concerns. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Privacy Tagged With: privacy, security

5 Tips for A Safer Social Media Life

August 6, 2019 By lbszoneditor

5 Tips for A Safer Social Media Life

Social media sure has its advantages, which is why it has become such a big part of everyone’s life. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Privacy, Social Media Tagged With: privacy, security, social media

Location-Based Search Provider Named to Douglas Magazine’s 10 to Watch

April 27, 2016 By LBSzone

echosec location-based search

The cover line of the Apr/May issue says it all: “They Dare to think Different.” This Victoria, British Columbia-based company is redefining and expanding the boundaries of conventional Internet searching by tapping into geographical tags embedded in social media posts. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Privacy, Social Location, TOP Press Tagged With: award, echosec, Location-Based Search, privacy, security

3 Ways to Protect Your Whereabouts from Leaking Online

April 8, 2016 By LBSzone

3 Ways to Protect Your Whereabouts from Leaking Online

Finding a nearby movie theater with the help of an app, using a maps feature on your smartphone to get where you need to go and “checking in” to a restaurant on social media to score a free appetizer are all helpful and fun features in today’s digital age. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Features, Privacy, Social Location, TOP Feature, TOP Press Tagged With: location, privacy, security, social media

How to… Access Your Google Location History

March 22, 2016 By LBSzone

google location history

If you use google services then you likely have a location history stored by Google – don’t worry though, only you can see it!  [Read more…]

Filed Under: AroundtheWeb, Blog, Privacy, TOP Press Tagged With: gogle, history, marketing, privacy

Share Safely – A 5 Point Facebook Security Checkup

December 15, 2015 By LBSzone

facebook privacy settings

Sharing information is fast and simple (perhaps too easy) and for many, it really is quite tempting to over-share, however, while doing so you may also be giving up loads of personal information without even realizing it. Case in point, Facebook. [Read more…]

Filed Under: HUGE NEWS, Privacy, Social Location, Social Media Tagged With: facebook, privacy

Back to School in an era where students are constantly on their phones and love sharing

September 10, 2015 By LBSzone

Once again fall is here and that means back to school.  Students at high school and post-secondary schools are constantly on their phones and love sharing things across a number of social media platforms. Lots of the information that students are sharing is publicly available and can be leveraged for security and safety purposes by a school’s administration. [Read more…]

Filed Under: LBSZ Feature, Privacy, Social Media Tagged With: privacy, security, social sharing

Parental Monitoring Startup Artimys to Reinvent Category with New Artificial Intelligence-Based Apps

March 30, 2015 By LBSzone

Startup Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Build Apps that Protect Kids’ Privacy while Alerting Parents to Sexual Predation, Bullying, Suicidal Talk or other Dangerous Behaviors [Read more…]

Filed Under: Privacy Tagged With: Parental Monitoring, privacy

USB wall charger secretly logs keystrokes from Microsoft wireless keyboards nearby

January 13, 2015 By LBSzone

USB wall charger secretly logs keystrokes

An interesting security / privacy tidbit from VentureBeat…

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Filed Under: AroundtheWeb, gadgets, Privacy Tagged With: microsoft, privacy, USB wall charger

Location Privacy and What you Might be Sharing Over Public WiFi

October 17, 2014 By LBSzone

Maybe Better If You Don’t Read This Story on Public WiFi

An interesting read from Maurits Martijn as a test from an Internet Cafe in Amsterdam reveals just how easy it is for a hacker to exploit you and ruin your life if they want! “We took a hacker to a café and, in 20 minutes, he knew where everyone else was born, what schools they attended, and the last five things they googled.”  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Features, Privacy, Tips, TOP Blog, TOP Press Tagged With: hacker, privacy, security, wifi

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