{"id":103697,"date":"2014-06-05T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=103697"},"modified":"2014-06-05T15:01:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:01:30","slug":"reset-the-net-take-back-your-online-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/103697-reset-the-net-take-back-your-online-privacy.html","title":{"rendered":"Reset the Net: take back your online privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A coalition of companies, organisations, and individuals are participating in a mass Internet security drive they\u2019ve called Reset the Net<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NSA is exploiting weak links in Internet security to spy on the entire world, twisting the Internet we love into something it was never meant to be: a panopticon,\u201d the Reset the Web website states.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t stop targeted attacks, but we can<\/em> stop mass surveillance, by building proven security into the everyday Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plan was to get hundreds of sites and apps to adopt proven security measures such as SSL, and then today (5 June 2014) run a splash screen everywhere to spread \u201cNSA-resistant\u201d privacy tools.<\/p>\n

Privacy tools for phones<\/h3>\n

Reset the Net advocates the use of a number of privacy-enhancing tools for mobile devices and PCs as part of its \u201cPrivacy Pack<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The table below summarises the tools Reset the Net participants are told to install on their phones:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Reset the Net Privacy pack: phones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software<\/td>\nDescription<\/td>\nLinks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ChatSecure<\/td>\nChatSecure gives you secure chat with Google and XMPP users.<\/td>\nGoogle Play<\/a>
\niTunes App Store<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TextSecure<\/td>\nTextSecure is strong, easy-to-use protection for your text messages.<\/td>\nGoogle Play<\/a>
\niTunes App Store (later)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RedPhone<\/td>\nStrong privacy for your phone calls, whenever you need it.<\/td>\nGoogle Play<\/a>
\niTunes App Store (later)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Software to better protect your privacy on PC is also available, with Reset the Net advocating for the following tools in particular:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Reset the Net Privacy Pack: PCs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software<\/td>\nDescription<\/td>\nLinks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adium (Mac)<\/td>\nEncrypted chats for Facebook, Google, Duck Duck Go, and more.<\/td>\nMac download<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pidgin (Windows \/ Linux)<\/td>\nEncrypted chats for Facebook, Google, Duck Duck Go, and more.<\/td>\nWindows, Linux download<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tor<\/td>\nTor prevents people from learning your location or browsing habits.<\/td>\nWindows, Mac, Linux download<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

As part of the drive, Reset the Net is also encouraging participants to secure their passwords by not using the same password everywhere.<\/p>\n

To remember your unique passwords they suggest using a tool like MasterPassword, or writing them down and keeping them where you keep other valuable pieces of paper \u2014\u00a0your wallet.<\/p>\n

Reset the Net also encouraged the use of 2-factor authentication where available.<\/p>\n

Many South African banks use a one-time PIN delivered to your cellphone as a second factor of authentication. Similar systems have also been adopted by Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Dropbox, and other services and is often available to South Africans as well.<\/p>\n

Related Internet security and privacy news<\/h3>\n

Chinese media calls for punishment of Google, Apple, and US tech firms<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Who sends e-mail securely in SA?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hacking Android, iOS: B-Sides Cape Town security conference<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

NSA gathers images for facial recognition<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

NSA deeply infiltrated RSA security<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Asking that governments respect our online privacy is not enough, argues Reset the Net. We need to take it back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":103699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[25351,35,7169,23215,437,25349,21397],"class_list":["post-103697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-fight-for-the-future","tag-headline","tag-mass-surveillance","tag-national-security-agency-nsa","tag-privacy","tag-reset-the-net","tag-surveillance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}