04 - The First Things You Need To Do Today To Protect Your Privacy

Welcome to the Intentionally Inconvenient Podcast where we dive deep into personal freedom through the lens of securing your privacy. Privacy isn’t a destination, it’s a journey. This episode, Tim Jensen is going to share five actionable steps you can take right now to kickstart your journey towards greater privacy protection.

• Standout Quotes:
  “Privacy is a journey, not a destination. We can take small steps every day to ensure that we are more private than we were yesterday.”
• “Privacy takes time. It takes effort, and sometimes it can cost you some money.”
• “You can't change the past; you can only take steps to move forward and protect yourself.”
• “The only person you can control is yourself.”
• “You might not be able to do it all today, but you can get started and make progress every day.”
• “Your email is like a museum of you, and the more that people look at your email, the more they can learn about who you are. It can really shape your identity.”
• “The more additional steps a hacker or someone who shouldn't be in your account has to take, the less likely they are to target you. They'll move on to someone who is easier to work with, someone who's easy to steal from.”

Key Takeaways:

• 
  Audit the personal information you have shared online and remove or limit access to anything that could compromise your identity.
• Change your email password to a strong, unique password and store it in a password manager.
• Implement two-factor authentication on all important accounts that hold personal information.
• Consider purchasing a security key for added protection beyond passwords and two-factor authentication.

Episode Timeline:
[00:02] Personal privacy and security
[01:33] Unlocked vehicles and online security risks
[04:15] Data breaches and hacking
[08:00] Protecting personal information and privacy
[12:36] Recommendations for protecting privacy