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How to Truly Browse Without Leaving a Trace
Most of the modern browsers (Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.x, Chrome, Opera 10, etc.) expose a so called private mode that enables you browsing the web without leaving any traces of data on your computer. But is this mode really private? Thou...
Censorship In Run-up To 1 October Anniversary
Reporters Without Borders said yesterday that Internet control agencies have redoubled efforts to prevent Internet users based in China, including foreign residents, from using censorship circumvention software such as Freegate and virtual private ne...
5 Tools To Send Anonymous Emails
Do you want to send an email anonymously to prank one of your friends or to declare your “love” for your boss? There several ways to to this, one of them being by using web based anonymous email services. The working principle of these...
Test You Browser For Security Gaps
When browsing anonymously, hiding your IP address is not the only issue to be taken care of. Your browser is a pathway through which malware can sneak into your computers. They can exploit the security holes in your browser, get your personal info ...
Developer Denies Ultrasurf Is Malicious
During last months rumors regarding Ultrasurf being a malware got stronger and stronger. Now, a developer from Ultrareach team explained the Ultrasurf strange behavior. Ultrasurf is a proxy tool that is used to hide the IP address and masks where tr...
Your iPhone Web Browser Reports Your Physical Location. But Who Are They Telling?
Firefox 3.5 and Safari on the iPhone can now report your physical location. Such functionality, available in the newest Firefox and in Safari on the iPhone, opens the door to some serious privacy concerns. Firefox 3.5 works in conjunction with the G...
Add Ixquick To Your Firefox Search Box
Ixquick, a Dutch search engine, is the only search engine that does not record your IP address. While search engines such as Google and Yahoo keep user data for nine months, respective three months, Ixquick operates without the data altogether. So,...
Bloggers Can’t Hide In Anonymity While Defaming People
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled Monday that a blogger can’t hide behind anonymity while defaming people. Super model Liskula Cohen filled a defamation lawsuit after an anonymous blogger made malicious and untrue comments that concerned her a...
Test Your Anonymity With DeAnonymizer Beta
DeAnonymizer is an online project that is able to expose weaknesses in security, privacy, and anonymity implementations with your web browser. Thus, you can see whether the anonymity solution that you use (proxy, hide ip tool, VPN) truly provides a ...
Ixquick.com To Completely Hide IP Address Of Users
Ixquick has announced that they are working on a free proxy service that will completely mask a user’s IP address from detection by clicked sites. This way, the search engine, will mask searchers’ details once they click searched sites. ...
Do you want to help Iranians keep their privacy? Run a TOR node!
A few days ago, I wrote about the political tension in Iran that resulted in blocked web sites, blocked cell phone transmissions, text messaging, etc. and the fact that Iranian Internet users use Tor to overcome censorship. Now, you can do somethi...
Internet users in Iran use Tor to circumvent censorship
You are probably up to date with the political situation in Iran: after the presidential election held on 12 June 2009, protests were held against alleged electoral fraud and in support of opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi. In response to the...
Ultrasurf 9.5 with “Green Tsunami” released
A new version of Ultrasurf, the free hide IP tool, is ready for download. The new release does not bring major changes (except for “Green Tsunami”): the same user interface, the same functionality, the same pros and cons as the previous v...
How to read Blogger blogs inside China
Users have not be able to access Blogger inside China since 17th of May. It seems that this censorship measure from the Chinese government is related to the day (4th of June, 2009) when the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square...
Video: How China Censors the Internet
New internal documents leaked from Baidu, China’s biggest search engine, reveal how information is monitored and manipulated The list of restricted phrases includes: Communist Party Internet police China’s human rights Communism sleep Democ...
Tough new web laws in France
France will have one of the world’s toughest laws against internet piracy. The new law is due to come into force in the autumn. The new law introduces the “three strikes” rule meaning that illegal downloaders will get three warnings fro...
How to configure Firefox to increase your privacy
When you use a proxy or other tools for anonymous browsing you get a certain level of protection against the detection of your IP address, but the browser stores a lot of information about the sites you visit. Firefox has built-in feature to clear t...
Friday Privacy & Security News
Today, I have found several articles that I think represent valuable information for you, my readers. From now on, I start sharing such links in order to keep you up-to-date about with the latest posts and articles about privacy and security. Here is...
EU Criticizes U.K.’s Oversight Of Web Privacy
UK was formally warned by the European Comission because it was failing to properly protect personal online data. The commission said the use of Internet-monitoring technology developed by London-based Phorm Inc. violates EU privacy rules in some cas...
Can You Trust Your ISP?
A judge in Ontario just ruled sometime ago that “there can be no reasonable expectation of privacy online” while dealing with a case allowing police officers to obtain any individual’s name, address and other details from the IP a...
