How safe are you while surfing on internet ?

Browsing Through Cyberspace

What you're giving out

Browser and operating system details,browsing patterns, IP address, websites visited, links clicked and more.

How to stay safe

We know it's a pain but try and read privacy policies of the sites you frequent.
Use the latest version of your browser to ensure maximum protection against online threats.


Avoid free WI-FI and make sure you're on a secure internet connection.

All browsers today have an 'incognito' or a 'private browsing' mode where none of your history, searches, cookies or temporary internet files are stored on your computer.

Disable scripts in your browser. Most sites run scripts without your knowledge to collect your browsing habits and other information.

Networking With Friends 

What you're giving out 

Everything from your date to birth to what you did a moment ago, location, articles you read, time spent playing social games, purchase made, e-mail addresses, phone number and more.

How to stay safe 

Get off Facebook. No, seriously. 

If you're an insufferable addict, dig through your privacy setting (good luck figuring those out)and make sure you are not inadvertently revealing personal information like your birth date, email address and phone number on your profile.

Make sure you read understand permissions of the apps on Facebook you use. Most of them require everything from access to your profile to posting to your Wall on your behalf.

Stay away from strangers and accept friend requests just from people you know.

Going on internet Shopping Spree

What you're giving out

Stick to established sites.

Review user feedback. If a site seems shady, Google it and see what others are saying about it. You would be surprised at the insights you can get.

Read privacy policies to see if the site shares your personal data with any third party.

Many banks provide virtual credit cards that have limited validity. Use them for all online transactions. Keep the plastic for the real world.

Connecting On The Go

What you're giving out


Your precise location and pretty much all the content of your phone including contacts, SMS messages, call records, email and browser history depending on the apps you use 

How to stay safe

Review the apps you have installed and understand background information they collect. Most smartphone operating systems require apps to tell you this information when you install them.

Install only known apps from well known vendors. Angry birds is OK. Hot XXX Babe live! is probably not (though you never know).

Use an anti-theft app like lookout Mobile security to remotely purge your data if you lose your phone.

WORRIED? YOU SHOULD BE


You are sitting on your laptop propped on your knees, and browsing your favorite websites. Watching your every click are hundreds pf prying eyes on the internet. If that itself doesn't creep you out, here's what can happen to your private data when these snoopers get grubby little fingers on it:

Your personal - everything from your browsing habits to your date of birth and phone number can be collected and used buld a chillingly accurate profile of you bit by digital bit. This information can be sold off to tracking agents you have never heard of.

Even if you don't care too much about being served targeted advertisements on the internet, remember that all your data is sitting on servers around the world, often with questionable security. If a cyber criminal hacks into these servers, your personal information could be up for sale onthe digital black market.

Governments could potentially use online attributions for surveillance.

NOW WHAT CAN YOU DO TO TRACK THE TRACKERS

Want to know exactly who's tracking you online? Download COLLUSION, an add-on for your browser (it is available for google chrome and mozilla firefox). Sit back, start browsing and let your blood run cold. What happened to us in a typical 10-minute browsing session. I was tracked by multiple trackers from IMDB.COM to watch the trailer to the advertisers, amazon, doubleclick.net, scorecardreasearch.com(it tracks 2 million people).
And from many other from different sites.

" YOU ALREADY HAVE ZERO PRIVACY. GET OVER IT " - Scott G McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc