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* [http://www.van-schaik.org/2013/09/08/do-not-track/ Do not track] 08-09-2013
 
* [http://www.van-schaik.org/2013/09/08/do-not-track/ Do not track] 08-09-2013
 
* [http://www.van-schaik.org/2013/09/08/e-mail-encryption/ e-Mail encryption] 08-09-2013
 
* [http://www.van-schaik.org/2013/09/08/e-mail-encryption/ e-Mail encryption] 08-09-2013
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* [http://www.van-schaik.org/2013/10/01/hey-how-are-you-doing/ Hey, how are you doing] 01-10-2013
  
 
== How ==
 
== How ==

Revision as of 08:31, 12 October 2013

Projects
Participants Narya
Skills Software, Social Networking, Common sense, Cryptography, Learning
Status Active
Niche Software
Purpose Education

Goal

  • Make my laptop more MY laptop (and my e-mail.. my calendar... backup... social networks... and well, anything really)
  • Document it. A summary will be placed somewhere on this wiki including relevant links. I'll document it as a sort of diary on my own blog (http://www.van-schaik.org/)
  • Achieve more privacy in my virtual environment and that of my friends/family

Blog

How

Some of the things I did so far

  • OS
    • Encryption of my home directory (checked the tickbox to encrypt my home directory in Ubuntu)
    • Ubuntu sends searches to Amazon, disabled this
    • Probably am going to install another OS on my laptop
  • Changed browser: using firefox now i.s.o. chrome
  • Installed several browser plugins, e.g.
    • HTTPSeverywhere - make use of https as much as possible
    • Better privacy - remove super cookies
    • DoNotTrack - block advertisement, trackers, web stat trackers
    • Ghostery - comparable with DoNotTrack, but works better
    • NoScript - block JavaScript and Java stuff
    • To take a look at: several plugins for my web browser
  • Alternatives for Google stuff
    • Use DuckDuckGo in stead of google search
    • Removed the mail forwarding to google mail and switched back to my own provider. Actually, it would be better to install your own mail server or perhaps use a peer2peer mail system with e-mail encryption built-in
    • Using a paper agenda now - couldn't find a could portable electronic alternative yet. This works just fine
    • Replaced analytics with Piwik
    • OpenStreetMap i.s.o. google maps
  • Removed mail and online banking from my mobile phone (can perhaps be put back after I changed the OS)
  • SSH tunnel to encrypt internet traffic from another network (e.g. a public wifi spot) to a place I trust more
  • Tomboy notes with rsync in stead of Evernote
  • Created a PGP key and set the default settings to "encrypt mail" for the people who are already in my list (key ring)
  • Social media
    • Played around with Diaspora (as alternative to Facebook)
    • Checked out Retroshare - it's retro... and you can share things (chat, forum, mail, file, all friend2friend), uses PGP

To do

  • A lot
  • Have fun and not become too paranoid ;)
  • Be realistic: if you have a secret, don't put it on the interweb or on your computer