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The first piece of advice in the article for protecting personal information is to download Signal, the encrypted messaging service we discussed in class.

Some great advice on blogging as part of a learning community, like we're doing in this course.

Some advice from security expert Bruce Schneier on how to keep the NSA from snooping on you. "Trust the math. Encryption if your friend."

Advice: always assume that you are being hacked; use strong passwords; don't trust security questions to protect your data

Advice: Never store sensitive information on websites; add a DNS service; ignore pop-ups

Advice: Although some school surveys are said to be anonymous, it is there probably is some cryptographic way to retrieve a user's identify from a response and what you say could still be potentially traced back to you.

Advice: Be careful with what information is stored on online devices. Always assume that the information can be leaked so you are never too vulnerable to an attack. Keep a strong password to protect your information