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Dr. Eric Cole Outlines 5 Things You Can Do Today to Ensure Your Online Safety   by Dr. Eric Cole Just like we work to improve our physical health and well-being, it’s also vitally important to improve our cyber health and keep ourselves safe from online danger. Here are five easy fixes to keep yourself cyber safe this year:

The Guardian's Callum Cooper & Matthias Hoegg presents a film documentary about your digital privacy Photo Courtesy of The Guardian What are the tradeoffs in the new digital world? In this film, produced by Carrie Burge of The Guardian , Aleks Krotoski travels the world to undergo challenges that explore our digital life in the 21st century. Watch her be stalked and hacked, fight to get leaked documents back, dive into open data and live in a futuristic home that monitors her every move. This film won  is the winner of British Animation Awards 2016: Best Film/TV Graphics  Here is the j ury citation: 'For its distinctive graphic design and intelligent fusion of content and style, precision in conveying information, charm and visual wit.' Thanks to producer Carrie Budge  and The Guardian for showing us nerds how privacy is our choice.

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The biggest risk to you and your company's privacy is your smartphone. Some of the most popular apps on your smartphone ask for permissions that expose data to outside sources. The privacy project asked people on the street to read some of these permissions out loud so they could capture their reactions. Take control of your privacy. Get the facts at http://bit.ly/privacyproject. #privacyproject

Our SocialGreg interviewed Kurt Opsahl with the Electronic Frontier Foundation at the 2012 O'Reilly Maker Faire. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is " Protecting Freedom Where Law and Technology Collide."  Kurt gave some insight on the foundation and how their organization protects online privacy rights of the individual.

Moderator: Jay Weintraub ; Creator, LeadsCon Panel: Cindy Cohn ; Legal Director, EFF Bob Bahramipour ; VP of Biz Dev, TRUSTe Robert Scoble ; Rackspace, Inc.

Nerd Stalker partners with SFNewTech to interview Alex Wong, Director of Products for 23andMe . 23andMe's mission is to be the world's trusted source of personal genetic information. For a mere $399 they send you a kit with a tube to spit in then send back. In about 4 weeks you get a ton of in depth genetic information. You will learn health traits/issues you may be prone to, get ancestral information, compare your results with the community, and you can submit your information for research if you choose. Privacy is the huge issue just see the in depth privacy policy they have to protect it's customers. Of note 23andMe was featured on Oprah and had the distinct huge honor of being named invention of the year by TIME magazine.