After writing over 500 privacy tips in my career, it gets a little difficult to find new content to keep the tips relevant and timely. I came across a recent post by the CyberGuy, Kurt Knutsson, that I thought our readers would get some insightful tips from, including up to date ideas on how and why to keep your identifiable information from AI tools like ChatGPT.
The post provides “11 easy ways” to protect your privacy from being “collected, tracked, and sometimes even sold.” The 11 steps are practical and easy to follow. There are even diagrams and screen shots on how to make changes to your privacy settings. A new one for me is the second tip—how to protect your inbox with email aliases and disposable addresses. This is an interesting strategy for personal email accounts, so the alias email address receives the spam, and your real email account is not inundated, or if there is a breach, the alias email address is compromised and not your real one. Kurt suggests using StartMail, which allows users to create unlimited customized aliases.
I agree with all of his suggestions and tips. Although you have to be vigilant to limit the information about you available online, these suggestions will help. Try them out.