Linux Privacy - Page 32

We have thousands of posts on a wide variety of open source and security topics, conveniently organized for searching or just browsing.

Navigating the Tails 6.8 Update: What It Means for Security-Minded Users

As digital privacy and security concerns increase, operating systems that safeguard user anonymity and data privacy have gained greater prominence. One such operating system is Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System). ...
Oct 09, 2024
  0

Google Chooses Passkeys Over Passwords: Examining the Security Benefits for Linux Users

In a bold move towards a future without traditional pas...
Sep 26, 2024
  0
24.Key Code Esm H115

Tails 6.6 Released: Unpacking Key Features & Updates

Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) offers hope t...
Aug 15, 2024
  0
10.FingerPrint Locks Esm H115

Discover Privacy News

The IPS Goes Virtual

The IPS Goes Virtual

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Intrusion protection system (IPS) technology is gradually adapting to virtual computing, as IPS vendors add to their product lines actual virtual IPSes as well as IPSes that protect virtual machines. Sourcefire's recent release of VMware-based virtual appliances was the latest arrival to the market of IPSes that work with virtual machines. IBM ISS also offers a virtual IPS, and TippingPoint has plans to roll out a virtual IPS offering as well.

Installing OpenVPN on Linux and Unix Systems: Part 1

Installing OpenVPN on Linux and Unix Systems: Part 1

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Installing OpenVPN is easy and platform independent. Modern Linux systems, such as SuSE, Red Hat, Debian, or Ubuntu, provide sophisticated installation and package management systems, and still offer other ways to install the software. In this two-part article by Markus Feilner, we will install it on different Linux versions and FreeBSD.

Freenet Lets You Browse the Web Freely

Freenet Lets You Browse the Web Freely

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Large swaths of the world are subject to censorship, or else track their citizens' use of the Internet. Free program Freenet lets you anonymously browse the Web, share files, chat on forums, and more--no matter where you are. Download and run the software, and you become part of a decentralized P2P network that uses encryption and other tools to keep you hidden and anonymous. As you browse, your data is encrypted and sent through a series of Freenet nodes, making it very difficult to track you.

Whos Talking About Me?

Who's Talking About Me?

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Popular videos and articles get reposted or discussed on dozens or hundreds of sites. But Web experts are now thinking about how to keep track of online conversation in real time, even when it's scattered all over the Web. A new crop of protocols aim to do just that.

How to DDOS a federal wiretap

How to DDOS a federal wiretap

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they've discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the U.S. The flaws they've found "represent a serious threat to the accuracy and completeness of wiretap records used for both criminal investigation and as evidence in trial," the researchers say in their paper, set to be presented Thursday at a computer security conference in Chicago.

Summit: Test case exposes murky world of government data trawling

Summit: Test case exposes murky world of government data trawling

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

A test case fought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has shown the extent to which the US government is willing to bend the law in its quest for data it wants. Indymedia is a news aggregator for left-wing and libertarian writers and on 30 January one of its volunteer administrators Kristina Clair received a grand jury subpoena from the Southern District of Indiana federal court.

Dashboard shows what Google knows about you

Dashboard shows what Google knows about you

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Ever wonder exactly what Google knows about you? Google today took a step to help answer that question with the unveiling of Google Dashboard, which is designed to let users see and control the copious amounts of data that Google has stored in its servers about them.

OpenVPN Is Too Slow? Time to Consider IPSEC

OpenVPN Is Too Slow? Time to Consider IPSEC

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Often we need to secure communication channels, not for remote workers, but for server-to-server communication. Backups, for example, come to mind. It may be fine to use SSH or stunnel to ship data securely, but when performance is required and encryption cannot slow down communication, something else is necessary. OpenVPN is easy to configure, but it may not be sufficient.

Test for compromised email accounts

Test for compromised email accounts

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Users who fear that the access credentials of their email accounts have appeared on the recently published list can now run a test to check. On Serversniff, Thomas Springer has set up a page that checks whether an email address appears on the known lists. To run the test, users simply enter the part of their email address before the "@" and the system will display any matching entries. However, only the first and last letter of the password will appear.

6 Ways We Gave Up Our Privacy

6 Ways We Gave Up Our Privacy

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

Privacy has long been seen as a basic, sacred right. But in the Web 2.0 world, where the average user is addicted to Google apps, GPS devices, their BlackBerry or iPhone, and such social networking sites as Facebook and Twitter, that right is slowly and willingly being chipped away. In fact, some security experts believe it's gone already.

Court rules Google must reveal journalists IP addresses

Court rules Google must reveal journalists' IP addresses

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

According to WikiLeaks, this civil action "issued by the Superior Court, County of Santa Clara, as part of a 'libel tourism' action taken by non-US property developers, demands detailed information about the operators of 'tcijournal @ gmail.com.' The account is the main email address of the TCI Journal, the most influential journal covering the Turks & Caicos Islands.

It

It

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

An unknown Christian dating site was recently hacked and whoever responsible managed to gain access to a list of email addresses and passwords. It

Get the Latest News & Insights

Sign up to get the latest security news affecting Linux and open source delivered straight to your inbox.

© 2024 Guardian Digital, Inc All Rights Reserved