Updates

People at Camp - Xena Mohammed

admin — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:29:25 +0000

We asked a few of the track and lab facilitators, and a few of the Camp participants, some questions about themselves, their work, what they did at camp and what they came away with at the end of the week.

Xena Mohammed came to Camp as a representative of the Heinrich Boell Stiftung Nigeria. She works mainly on issues of women's rights, sexual minority rights and access to information.

Daily Beast selects Me and My Shadow in 'Pick of the web' for their BEASTBEST awards

admin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:42:40 +0000

Me and My Shadow has been shortlisted by The Daily Beast for their BEASTBEST Awards and has been described as a place to make a 'good start for eluding the NSA'.

It 'lets you figure out what sort of data footprint is left by your devices and internet access points so you can see how your digital habits affect your privacy.'

How can I learn more about my own digital shadow?

admin — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:12:59 +0000

The surveillance program PRISM by the US secret service NSA has reminded us that all of our activities online may be monitored without giving us the chance to understand whether we really are targeted or what the purpose of this monitoring is. Information is being collected about us all but we have little understanding about how it is being used.

Deutsche Welle, 27 May: My Shadow traces Internet users' online trails

admin — Mon, 27 May 2013 12:48:07 +0000

Facebook has some 1.1 billion active users. Some 200 million accounts are active at Twitter. Millions more shop at Amazon and other online retailers. But few have actually read the long passages of legalese before clicking "I agree" and typing in an address, e-mail, telephone number or credit card details.

Me and My Shadow wins international award

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:44 +0000

We're delighted to announce that our website Me and My Shadow has been awarded a prestigious international online activism award for the most creative and original website.

English jury member Georgia Popplewell said of the site “Me and My Shadow presents in very playful and visually compelling way a means of allowing online users to see the digital traces that they leave through their online activities – and offers easy solutions to fixing them.”

More Things to Know about recent Changes in Facebook

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:06:59 +0000

It is not easy to keep up to date with how Facebook changes. Some things change for better, some for worse. Can you be sure that you didn't miss the latest update of Facebook's terms of service? Here's the second post in a series about how to protect you privacy when using Facebook.

False Privacy Notice

Things to know about recent changes in Facebook

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:50:36 +0000

It is not easy to keep up to date with how Facebook changes. Some things change for better, some for worse. Can you be sure that you didn't miss the latest update of Facebook's terms of service? These are some of the changes you might be interested in.

HTTPS by default

ONO's digital security animations in Farsi language

admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:32:25 +0000

ONO's digital security animations have been dubbed into Farsi by Arseh Sevom school. You can find the Farsi dubbed animations here.

Me and My Shadow Flipcards

admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:21:46 +0000

We have created a set of 5 cards that you can download, print out and distribute to friends and colleagues. These cards are aimed at raising awareness about our 'digital shadows' and providing information about how to protect your privacy.

Their topics are

Mobile Security

anne — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:45:03 +0000

The mobile security section includes hands-on guides for a number of Freeware or Open Source smartphone applications which will help to make your smartphone use more secure.