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How to Reduce Google Data Collection Without Quitting Google
One reader's 10-day diary — the nine Google Account adjustments she made, what broke, and what finally got quiet.
Jul 17
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v2.0 Disrupt the Data Surveillance Industrial Complex
Defend against browser fingerprinting to protect privacy and security
May 31, 2025
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Slamming the Door on Google Account Surveillance
Reducing Surveillance of your Google Account to reclaim activity privacy
Apr 26, 2025
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Cybersecurity for Creatives
Protecting Creatives Livelihoods, Families, and Communities with Common Sense Cybersecurity
Apr 1, 2025
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Slamming the Door on Google Account Surveillance
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Your AI Tools Are Watching You. Here Are the Settings To Change That.
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v2.0 Disrupt the Data Surveillance Industrial Complex
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How to Stop Nine AI Tools From Collecting Your Creative Work
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How to Reduce Google Data Collection Without Quitting Google
One reader's 10-day diary — the nine Google Account adjustments she made, what broke, and what finally got quiet.
Jul 17
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Paul Caloca - EssentialRiskMgt
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The Backup You Don't Have Is the One That Ends Your Career
Secure backup and recovery for macOS and Windows 11, and why "I have a copy somewhere" is a bet you will eventually lose.
Jun 8
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A Birthday Card. That's All It Took -- A Cyber Incident Response Plan for Artists
Years of irreplaceable work, gone. Thirty years of security experience in the house. Didn't matter. Here's the plan I built from that day.
Apr 30
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How to Stop Nine AI Tools From Collecting Your Creative Work
Verified Step-by-step Opt-Out Settings Guide for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Adobe, Canva, Copilot, Notion, Midjourney, and Runway
Apr 19
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Privacy & Risk
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What Data Meta Actually Collects From You — And Four Settings That Pull It Back
Your personal or business page, your client DMs, your follower list, and the AI now reading all three — a plain-English map of where your data goes and…
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They Don't Hack Your Computer. They Hack You.
Your antivirus can't stop a polite email. Here's how the bad guys talk their way past every wall you've built — and why AI just made them a lot more…
May 31
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Cybersecurity News for Artists: July 2025 in Review
Because your creative genius deserves better protection than a "password123" and a prayer
Aug 3, 2025
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Alert: Data Breach at Hertz Corporation
Steps to reduce your risk and protect your data
Apr 15, 2025
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Alert: Data Breach at Pennsylvania Education Association (PSEA)
Data stolen impacting 517,487 people across 10+ states
Mar 19, 2025
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Alert: Bronx Riverdale Country School Data Breach
RansomHub published the stolen data on its darknet site
Mar 10, 2025
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