Topic: Y beginners need to de shine eye 4 their privacy matter (Read 256 times)

Thanks for the head's up man, you really threw much light on wetin dey very obvious. Some people still dey trust sites wey dey promise them say them no dey correct their data e.g emails, activities of interest, phone number, DOB,etc. For E-commerce sites or any site that you make purchases on they get your card details, address, occupation, e.t.c. All These information dey at the risk to enter wrong hands daily, especially if na companies wey  no get proper legal indictment with their ICT staffs dey handle am.

Most companies dey save your data, even when them give you opportunity make you dictate their involvement, they dey go against your negative permission take accumulate your data and possibly distribute am give scammers around for money settlements. I dey work for ICT units, so I dey see clearly how user data  dey exposed and left at the mercy of the companies.

I  dey discourage to put your card details to make payments of any kind, you fit opt for transfers make you fit secure your bank details at least, spyware and Trojans fit dey there to steal your data too . Try to dey give as little accurate information about yourself as possible when you dey online because online presence get em positive effects, but em dey put us for serious exposure to all forms of cyber attacks.

Thanks for sharing such information @Mia Chloe. I can attest to this that this update is not only beneficial to the beginners but also old-timers who does not have this security technical internet ideal just as me.
Although at some points, I usually imagine the possibilities of web users privacy I assurances as the websites would always say that they have your Privacies covered and there all your informations remains confidential never to be splited out by web brokers.

Meanwhile... Every websites is under operative of a governments authorities which by means I usually suspects it that if the government are curious to catch every web users up, they can obtain the needful lawfully or by authority Influencing the web brokers.

OP, you are deeply on point to had brought this clarified my views on how sure we are truly secured with the brokers.

So in by any means we get on the trace tracks the non exposure of our address and transactions histories would be the only way out for us as Bitcoin and crypto investors if by any means our government succeedingly in gaining names of membership in the exchange wallets just as formally our government asked Binance to give them lists of the local wallet users in their platforms.

So at this take, your identity is possible to be revealed but your holdings and transactions may always stay anonymous if you stick by keeping your addresses and transactions by yourself on the secret moods.

Omo this internet we see store and save our data .anything we have posted it store and can be recovered from the internet even thou we have deleted it in out bio data.so we should mind the kind of data and information we share online with friends and the world.thats how some a celebrity American pnb rocks posted a live video of him in the hotel and not knowing that’s his last day.he was kill due to the data he share online. That’s why it’s important to even post some data when you are not in the location to help ensure your safety.

The tin na very annoying matter my country people d worst part b say many people no de aware of all dis tins and Dem de trust does useless privacy policy way most of dis website Dem de give us.
All dis people de use dose privacy policy matter take cover pipo eye from d risk way Dem de as Dem de give out their KYC information.

Nice translation Mia Chloe. Privacy na one matter wey we suppose dey take very seriously when we dey surf for internet. Corporations like Google, Facebook, Twitter etc dey collect our data from our devices like name, sex, age, location, ip address, browser history, purchase activity, come sell am to whoever get deep pocket. Another way dem dey take steal our data na through KYC, it's either the exchange go sell the information or the agency wey dem contract to sell am Sometimes this data fit go end up for dark web, so imagine the harm wey e fit do to you if bad actor get hold of your data. Like this, make we dey careful, make we dey use VPN, TOR and make we dey avoid KYC.

Thanks for this thread, this information really dey helpful. You know say many of us don believe all this browsers wey we take dey save our personal information, things that are very necessary to us, we believe say, it's save than other places, this is very surprised say government fit get access to our bitcoin informations, how possible is it for them to even cast our privacy? We really need to be very careful, now wey don know say this kind thing dey sup, we need to know what we are doing, because many people don believe on this chrome and website that we are saving our privacy, base on say we no believe people wey dey around us, dey can cheat is at any time, now the government and the website we are using is what to be afraid of now, because nobody want take lose waiting dey important to am, internet na very very scary place.

When o_e_l_e_o created the thread, https://localcryptos.com/ has not shut down, but now shut down.

This is another reputed decentralized exchange now https://agoradesk.com/.

For other exchanges regarding this, you can read about them from this site: https://kycnot.me/

Op thank you for this thread but wetin I wan talk be say as a beginner, person need a trusted senior man wey go dey guild am through for anything concerning all these online stuffs if not the possibility of one falling for internet scams and fraud is very very possible because there are some information that one can just see online and see other people testify of how such platforms or apps helped them in solving their problems but they wouldn't know it's a fraudulent platform since some person are talking good about the app so in that case it requires someone that is more experienced in the system that can guide a beginner through in the internet space and the need to take their privacy at utmost priority so a beginner actually needs an experienced person that can stand as a mentor in guiding him through the internet as that's the quickest way to grow ones knowledge about the importance of their privacy.

This na really true matter wey we suppose look into cos we fit dey dey claim ignorance no go know say something like this they go on and e good as OP bring this topic na very good one.

Na true fact say all this our browsers and sites we dey use on daily basis get something behind bars the worst of dem all na this cex exchanges wey dey require us to carry out kyc before we fit withdraw our money from exchange, for there we go give them our real names, date of birth, location and address con still release our National Identity card or number, with all this information we release like this they don get access to our personality cos that is everything they need either they sell them to scammers or them sef use am carry out theft so this time we get to try over rule their system cos exposing such personal information is not advisable and no one will be hold responsible as nothing can be done to recover personality theft

Only the uninformed will think centralized exchanges are place of charity because they are been friendly but what they do underground is heartbreaking to people and their privacy. But what do you expect from person after entrusting your documents on their care, they all gladly cooperate with government when they request for your details, they will surely comply because they don't want to be out of the business.

The best place your privacy can be protected is within you, nobody will keep you safe. Giving your documents just to use a service is not right, using their service one day can lead you to what you don't expect as they can even impound your coins and do what they wish because you accepted their terms and conditions before you registered on the exchange.

Your privacy doesn't end with centralized, it goes beyond that. Be careful of the browsers you use especially one like chrome, I don't have a single trust with Google products because they love to personalize users data and do anything they want with it. Use VPN if necessary.

Just the knowledge say person de the other end of the apps and site we de use go point you to the fact say your privacy no de guaranteed at all. Even WhatsApp when de take this end to end encryption mater for there head fit still de sell our data out. And the hard reality be say the majority of our private lives and conversations de our device and a huge number of persons out there no even know how to take protect there privacy from being bridged by an intruder. The writeup is quite informative and I will take time to go through the links you provided as a reference, hopefully I will learn a new security measure I can use in protecting myself as it regards the porosity of the information's I store in my device.

The truth be say the Internet na scary place most of us nor even know or dey reason am until we or person make we know fall victim. Na God dey help us because if think of things way we do or post online, we see how ignorance everything don tel kill us. Now way we don know we suppose dey act right.
If you dey use chrome browser or any Google or Microsoft applications or software nor reason say your privacy dey save because this company nor dey use I see person data comot hand especially Google. Make I shock you Google main source of making money na for these things

Original Topic: Why beginners should pay attention to their privacy
Author: o_e_l_e_o

I nor de eva normally tel people make Dem watch videos, but dis one worth d 30 minutes even if I nor sti like him style: Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The whole matter sef de fear pesin. Everybody no (or suppose no )say many browsers, websites, and apps de  monitor you and Dem de  collect ur data. Watin many people no no b say data brokers de buy and sell Every single one way Dem collect  from u. dis data fit b money way u de owe or how your body take de and Dem fit sell am give  anybody way want am.One broker way dem de  call Epsilon settle 4 $150 million after Dem don sell data tire  give  people way Dem no say b scammers for over 10 years. Dem don sell Data give domestic abusers and stalkers(people way de monitor) way go  allow dem track  old victims.D video talk one case way pesin die bcos of him data way Dem sell for money way no reach $50.

Many  companies talk say ur data de hidden, de-identified, or Dem de added  with other data before dem share am or sell am, and many pipo think say Dem de safe.dem find out from One study say 99.98% of all dis  anonymized data Dem fit  de-anonymized am  and Dem fit use am identify users. To de Anonymize  data no get meaning.common website way we fit visit(without say we no even do anything for d website) go still give the website enough information to take identify the user, track their contact information, con sti send am email after some minutes.

Dem de  sell your data give government. Governments fit need  warrant or other legal ruling to fit come search your computer or device, but Dem nor need any permission to take buy that information from data brokers. Many government agency de buy ur data and dem de use am  for anything way Dem want.dis matter ressemble matter of dis agency Dem de use data analysis from many blockchain company tay track ur Bitcoin transaction and ur Bitcoin address.

To add join am, centralized exchanges de  provide many type of data give data brokers, especially if you by urself  give Dem ur KYC information d same tin with  blockchain explorers d same tin with  SPV and light wallet servers.d same tin wit sites like Coinmarketcap or other  crypto news site. All dis Bitcoin information and other information way relate to crypto Dem go pool am join other of ur info way Dem get con sell am give  anybody way want am,even Dem  scammers and criminals. Remember say na simple click of website give d website info way go reach no d pesin way click am.you really wan make d whole world know how many bitcoin you de hodl?

D way Dem tay de cast our privacy and watin we de do day by day too much. So no make am worse by say u con de cast ur privacy matter by ursef.

Dis one na better place to take start to de take back ur control well well: https://www.privacyguides.org/
Peer to peer bitcoin trades, avoid d privacy invasion of centralized exchanges: https://bisq.network/, https://localcryptos.com/, https://hodlhodl.com/
Run your own node, and avoid to de leak information about your address and transactions: https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/