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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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Google Wi-Fi Data Capture Unethical, But Not Illegal

Google Wi-Fi Data Capture Unethical, But Not Illegal

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Google is under global scrutiny for its "accidental" gathering of wi-fi data while driving about photographing the world with its Street View camera cars. In the court of public opinion Google's actions cross ethical boundaries, but whether or not the activities were illegal depends on the laws in place for the given jurisdiction. Businesses in the United States should understand that the interception of publicly available data traversing the airwaves is probably not illegal.

Wikileaks denies Tor hacker eavesdropping gave site its start

Wikileaks denies Tor hacker eavesdropping gave site its start

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Updated WikiLeaks has denied that eavesdropping on Chinese hackers played a key part in the early days of the whistle-blowing site. Wired reports that early WikiLeaks documents were siphoned off from Chinese hackers' activities via a node on the Tor anonymiser network, as an extensive interview with WikiLeaks' founder Julian Paul Assange by the New Yorker explains in greater depth.

Internet Identity Workshop reveals OpenID clashes

Internet Identity Workshop reveals OpenID clashes

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There are too many identity-related trade shows and conferences spread over venues all over the world and not enough time to get to them all. It's a far cry from when we started this newsletter 10 years ago, and the increased interest in identity issues should be applauded, but I can't be everywhere at once!

The Smart Paranoids Guide to Using Google

The Smart Paranoid's Guide to Using Google

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Google is nearly everyone's best friend. But have you ever stopped to think about just how much Google knows about you? Do you realize that Google may have recorded and stored every single search term you have ever punched into its search box? Chances are some of those searches could be soberingly damaging to your reputation. What about Gmail?

History stealing 2.0 - I know where you live

History stealing 2.0 - I know where you live

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Two developers have refined techniques for rummaging through browser histories to the extent that web sites can now find out what articles a user has recently read on news sites, their exact postcode and which search terms that have entered into search engines. The developers, Artur Janc and Lukasz Olejnik, have now refined their JavaScript code to carry out history stealing six times faster than previous methods.

How to Choose a Good Password

How to Choose a Good Password

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Why choose good passwords? A good password will help prevent malicious people from accessing information that they are not authorized for. It will also help ensure that someone won't use your password for their dirty work (and try to shift the blame on you). It will protect the information you have access to and the people that could be hurt if that information ended up in the wrong hands.

Technology security myths debunked

Technology security myths debunked

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Think you can hide behind the privacy of an "unlisted" cell phone number? Think again. Maybe you believe you don't need security software on a Mac or iPad. You'd swear that Firefox is the safest browser in town. Wrong on both counts.

The Mysterious And Scary BitTorrent Monitoring Site

The Mysterious And Scary BitTorrent Monitoring Site

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A worrying site which claims to allow users to search BitTorrent networks for IP addresses being used to share torrents has appeared in recent days. The site, which has a very paranoid feel, also contains numerous security-related documents from ISPs and other sources. An apparently related video being mailed to studios is even more creepy. But is all as it seems?

How Blippy users credit cards got into Google

How Blippy users' credit cards got into Google

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A series of gaffes at Blippy, Google, and a Midwest bank exposed the credit card numbers of four individuals within Google search results for more than two months. Friday was easily the worst day in the history of Blippy, a young start-up that enables people to create social networks around sharing information on goods and services they buy.

10 Nations Demand Online Privacy - Or Else

10 Nations Demand Online Privacy - Or Else

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Google was the main target of a group of privacy commissioners from 10 nations who held a press event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to air their grievances. They castigated the company over its botched Buzz rollout and criticized its Street View operations. However, other online companies -- such as Facebook and other social networks -- should also take notice, the commissioners warned.

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