https://cs4100.bititiger.com/tags/advice/ Cait Himes's personal blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en domain@service.tld domain@service.tld Copyright © 2023, Cait Himes; All rights reserved. Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:57:09 -0500 https://cs4100.bititiger.com/posts/final-post/ Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:57:09 -0500 domain@service.tld https://cs4100.bititiger.com/posts/final-post/ <p>This class has been a wild ride with a lot of random discussions in the area of computer science. To celebrate the end of the semester, I will share the three most interesting things I have learned and then offer advice to future students.</p> <h2 id="privacy-is-very-endangered"><a class="anchor" href="#privacy-is-very-endangered" title='Anchor for: Privacy is very endangered.'><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="https://cs4100.bititiger.com/img/bundle.min.b5d4f0ecd12840ceb9e91913b2a6951c.svg#hashtag"/></svg></a> Privacy is very endangered</h2> <p>I already knew that privacy was fading away. I saw the Snowden leaks back when they first dropped and all the conspiracy theorists were bragging about being correct. As a direct result, I was already keeping myself well informed and secured my data as much as possible. Now that I realize that most people have almost no privacy, I have made several changes to my life. I started encrypting more documents, bought a hardware security key, and cut back on the websites that I use.</p>