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Guard your privacy online

Tips on protecting your online privacy by getting off the grid, deleting your Facebook account, and erasing location data from your photos.

Donald Bell Senior Editor / How To
Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing How To content for CNET, as well as weekly episodes of CNET's Top 5 video series.
Donald Bell

Not every moment needs to be shared on the Internet. But you wouldn't know it by looking at companies such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. It's become increasingly difficult to be both online and maintain your own privacy.

Here are some tips to help you take control of what you share online. Eric Franklin will run through what you need to know to fully move off the grid of the Web. Sharon Profis will go over the process of deleting any trace of you from Facebook. And I'll show you two methods for erasing geolocation data from your photos.

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