10 Incredibly Simple Things You Should Be Doing To Protect Your Privacy

These are the really, really simple things you should be doing to keep casual intruders from invading your privacy.

1. Password protect your devices: your smartphone, your iPad, your computer, your tablet, etc.
2. Put a Google Alert on your name.
3. Sign out of Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc. when you’re done with your emailing, social networking, tweeting, and other forms of time-wasting.
4. Don’t give out your email address, phone number, or zip code when asked.
5. Encrypt your computer.
6. Gmailers, turn on 2-step authentication in Gmail.
7. Pay in cash for embarrassing items.
8. Change Your Facebook settings to “Friends Only.”
9. Clear your browser history and cookies on a regular basis.
10. Use an IP masker.