Vita Harwood
Digital LifeWhat the Internet Knows About You and How to Take ControlA Research CourseVita HarwoodSeries 'In Twelve Evenings' BOOK 46What Do I Already Know About This?Test your knowledge!What does the internet actually know about you? Less than the scary headlines claim, and more than most people guess.Every ordinary day leaves a trail: a login time, a route on a map, a photo with hidden coordinates, a cookie that recognizes your browser, an old account you forgot years ago. None of it is magic, and none of it is hopeless. Once you can see how the pieces connect, you can decide which ones to keep, limit or delete.In twelve evenings this book walks you through your own digital life. You will find out why a website recognizes you again, how your phone knows where you have been, and what a photograph quietly says about itself. You will set up passwords, multi-factor sign-in and passkeys that survive a lost phone. You will learn to spot phishing by process rather than by typos, see why scammers need you to hurry, and check a video or a familiar voice before you trust it. The later evenings cover what to do if someone threatens to share an intimate image, how to post without exposing friends, and what 'delete' really means online.
