Secure Your Stuff – Long Island City Library

Queens Library - Long Island City 37-44 21st Street, Second Floor Meeting Room, Long Island City, New York

Join us at Long Island City Library to earn how to use the built-in security tools on your mobile device to enhance privacy and restrict access to unauthorized users in this hands-on workshop. We will learn how to protect our device from brute force attacks, enable secure lock screen controls, and remotely wipe personal data

Free

Understanding How to Secure Your iPhone/iPad (in Chinese) – Chatham Square Library

The New York Public Library - Chatham Square Library 33 East Broadway, Community Room, New York, New York

In this course, we will focus on the privacy of your phone and how to keep your device and information safe in a time where more and more digital hacking is happening. This event will be held at Chatham Square Library. Learn more.

Free

Social Media & Your Privacy – St. George Library

The New York Public Library - St. George Library 5 Central Ave, Computer Lab, Staten Island, New York

Learn how to navigate your privacy controls and protect your privacy on sites like Facebook and Twitter. This event is hosted at St. George Library. Learn more.

Free

How to Secure Your Privacy While Using the Internet – Richmondtown Library

The New York Public Library - Richmondtown Library 200 Clarke Avenue, Computer Lab, Staten Island, New York

In this course, we will focus on the privacy of your phone and how to keep your device and information safe in a time where more and more digital hacking is happening. This event takes place at Richmondtown Library. Learn more.

Free

Safety First! Protecting Your Privacy Online – Queens Central Library

Queens Central Library 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Cyber Center Training Room, Jamaica, New York

Learn how your personal information is being used (and misused) online, and what you can do to protect it. We will discuss how and why companies track and profit from your browsing data, and give you some tools to keep your online behavior private. This workshop will help you improve your understanding of how the

Free

Understanding How to Secure Your iPhone/iPad – Bronx Library Center

The New York Public Library - Bronx Library Center 310 East Kingsbridge Road, Computer Lab, Bronx, New York

In this course, we will focus on the privacy of your phone and how to keep your device and information safe in a time where more and more digital hacking is happening. This event will be held at Bronx Library Center. Learn more.

Free

Internet Safety Series: Your Online Self – Queensbridge Tech Lab

Queens Library - Queensbridge Tech Lab 10-43 41st Ave., Long Island City, New York

How big is your digital shadow? Learn how internet service providers, law enforcement agencies, and tech companies track your online behavior in this hands-on workshop about mass data collection. This is the second workshop in a three-part series on digital privacy. Participants can sign up for this workshop by calling 718-990-8625 or sign up online.

Free

CyPurr Sessions at BPL’s Info Commons – BPL Central Library

Brooklyn Public Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York

The CyPurr Collective is celebrating Library Privacy Week the only way they know how: a day of cybersecurity mini-workshops! They are breaking from their usual programming to give participants a bunch of quick little workshops on topics ranging from Mobile Security, Get to Know Your Terms of Service, Phishing, Passwords, Threat Modeling and more! If

Free