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Today is International Data Privacy Day.  There’s a website at Intel which tells you all about it (Including the Top 5 Teen Privacy Tips) so definitely check it out. Of course, being in the Computer Forensics business I know all about the digital traces you leave behind, so in order to keep my job I want all of you to post your Social Security numbers online and change your passwords to 1234. 

I’m kidding of course, but for today just take a moment to think about all the things that could be “shored up” a bit in your digital life. Change/rotate your passwords, remove any incriminating photos from your MySpace/Facebook page, or just pay attention to all the things that could be tracked online and try to privatize it somehow.  You wouldn’t live in a bad neighborhood and leave your door unlocked and open all night, would you?