You’ve gone incognito, really?

There is a disclaimer in going incognito.  The disclaimer pitches, “Your activity might still be available to website you visit, to your employer or school and to your internet provider.”  There are reasons to go incognito.  Privacy resonates, which is debatable.  Siluk’s article goes beyond privacy but excessive data collection. There is a method to reduce excessive data collection without incognito according to Dan Schultz. Dan is a programmer who demonstrated internet noise in Dreyfuss’ article.    Internet noise can be created by opening multiple tabs to obfuscate your online profile.  Do you still go incognito?  Recently, I had the gall to try the Tor browser.  With Tor connected, many websites denied access unless I passed the challenge of I am not a robot.  Shrek, “This is the part you run away.”  The challenge was filled with 5-6 difficult levels and results were failure.  Why wasn’t I allowed to a read a Facebook post or book a flight in Tor’s browser.  The answer is simple, really.   Have you ever wondered why the next visited website had advertisements for an item you recently searched or not?  Or, had you been selected to watch Youtube’s advertisements on how-to make money online? The latter question is a complaint!  After a Republican-lead Senate passed Joint Resolution S.J.Res.34, Internet privacy is no longer sacred.  The Joint Resolution voided the earlier ruling submitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entitled “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” in December 2016.   Your online profile (i.e., cache, cookies, geolocation and history) may be soon shared or sold without consent of any kind by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and others due to the passage of S.J.Res.34.   If healthcare providers are under the microscope of Health Insurance Portable and Accountability Act (HIPPA), who is the governing body for ISPs, monitoring collections?  Pearlie Mae Compassion and Care LLC, Kansas-based Healthcare Company, agreed to pay a disclosed fine of $8,750 for unsecured patient data. Snell’s article about the Kansas-based Pearlie Mae Compassion and Care LLC identifies a consent agreement for the owners of company.   The owners consented to subscribe and to enable password and management software. Donkey, “They make you cry.”  Shrek  was fun.

Resources:
Dreyfuss, E. “”Wanna Protect Your Online Privacy?” “Open a tab and Make Some Noise.”” 29 March 2017, Wired.com, https//www.wired.com/2017/03/wanna-protect-online-privacy-open-tab-make-noise.
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Lilly, P. “U.S. Senate votes to rescind Internet privacy rules forever.” 23 March 2017, PCGamer.com,  http//www.pcgamer.com/us-senate-votes-to-rescind-internet-privacy-rules-forever/. Accessed 26 January 2018.
Mueller, Alexander. That smooth oldschool crackling jazzy Hip Hop Feeling. 26 November 2015. Flickr.com, https//www.flickr.com/photos/alexander_mueller_photolover/23783751645/. Accessed 26 January 2018.
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Siluk, S. “Next Windows 10 To Reveal What Data Microsoft Collects about You.” 25 January 2018, CIO Today, https//www.cio-today.com/article/index.php?story_id=12100EMIBA9B. Accessed 26 January 2018.
Snell,E. “KS Healthcare Organization Fined over Unsecured Patient Data.” 25 January 2018, Health It Security, https://healthitsecurity.com/news/ks-healthcare-organization-fined-over-unsecured-patient-data. Accessed 26 January 2018.
United States, Congress, Senate-Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. 115th Congress (2017-2018). Public Law No: 115-22. 03 April 2017, Congress.Gov, https//www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/34. Accessed 26 January 2018. 

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