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Enhancing Online Privacy and Anonymity with Whonix as Your Digital Shield

In today's landscape of pervasive digital surveillance and privacy concerns, Whonix is a hardened Linux distro that provides a robust solution for safe and anonymous Internet usage. Whonix Gateway and Workstation provide an innovative dual-component ...
Nov 06, 2024
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Explore Tor Browser 14.0 Updates: Enhanced Privacy and Security Features

Tor Browser has long been recognized for providing anon...
Oct 28, 2024
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Practical Tips for Protecting Email Privacy on Linux

Email remains an indispensable digital communication to...
Oct 23, 2024
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How to cover your shopping footprints

How to cover your shopping footprints

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Shopping on the Internet is like signing up for a supermarket saver card or getting that extra 10 percent discount when you sign up for a retail store's credit card. You get some immediate savings, but you are also involuntarily subscribing . . .

Top Privacy Issues of Y2K

Top Privacy Issues of Y2K

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The phenomenal rise, and technological sophistication, of workplace surveillance leads the list of the Top 10 privacy stories of the year 2000, according to a Privacy Foundation analysis. Also in the Top 10 are proposed new medical privacy rules; the FBI's . . .

Talking About Wireless Privacy

Talking About Wireless Privacy

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It could happen outside Abercrombie & Fitch. It could happen near J Crew. It could happen to you, walking down the street in any American city. As you glance at the window display, your cell phone rings with an urgent message: . . .

One-use credit cards ease e-security woes

One-use credit cards ease e-security woes

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Concerns about on-line credit card security and privacy of personal information are often listed as the major reasons for this lack of Internet purchasing. According to Visa Canada Association, in 1999, 67 per cent of Canadian shoppers didn't see the Internet . . .

Net Scams and Fraud

Net Scams and Fraud

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MSNBC has done a nice job of putting together many of the most significant Net scams and fraud jobs in recent times. About a dozen stories, each of which point out a specific scam, extortion attempt, stock manipulation, the paypal scam, . . .

Activists Attack Porn Bill

Activists Attack Porn Bill

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Free-speech organizations quickly denounced the passing of a controversial bill that would require schools and libraries to install pornography filters in order to continue receiving federal funding for computers or Internet access. On Friday Congress approved the controversial Children's Internet Protection . . .

Privacy, is it real?

Privacy, is it real?

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In our daily lives a persons privacy is violated countless times. So many in fact, we tend to catch less and less of them as we become more desensitized. In the making of this article, I decided to document the different . . .

Peacefire tosses Web-filter grenade

Peacefire tosses Web-filter grenade

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Porn-blocking Web filters from Net Nanny, CyberSitter, and five other companies can be disabled with a program released Monday by anti-filtering group Peacefire, the group claims. The program, available as a free download at the Peacefire Web site, was released in . . .

Security Against Compelled Disclosure

Security Against Compelled Disclosure

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"Various existing and pending legislation can be used to force individuals and organizations to disclose confidential information. Courts may order a wide variety of data to be turned over by either party in civil and criminal cases. Government agencies are explicitly . . .

Another glowing review for Carnivore

Another glowing review for Carnivore

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An independent review board said Thursday that a controversial FBI electronic wiretap tool was appropriate for law-enforcement use, changing little from its draft report released last month. In its final report to the U.S. Justice Department, a group of researchers at . . .

Internet Privacy Concerns Due To Explode

Internet Privacy Concerns Due To Explode

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Existing Internet privacy concerns stemming from online "profiling" and other e-business data mining activities are "trivial" compared to the privacy-related issues that will face the world in the years ahead, IBM Chairman Lou Gerstner has said. "What are the implications for . . .

Massive online credit card fraud

Massive online credit card fraud

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A hacker called 'chad' leaves the online credit card clearing house hanging after exposing more than 55,000 credit card numbers. The FBI is investigating Creditcards.com was the victim of an extortion attempt by a cyberthief accused of hacking . . .

Internet security seen having long way to go

Internet security seen having long way to go

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Systems designers have a long way to go to protect online privacy but the spread of so-called smart cards holds promise, the new head of a Internet technical coordination body told a government-sponsored conference on Monday. "We are far from demonstrating . . .

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