Ordinary people ‘caught in NSA net’ Ninety percent of people identified in a tranche of communications intercepted by the NSA were ordinary internet users, not foreign surveillance targets, analysis by a US paper says. Much highly personal information was retained by the NSA, the paper says Ninety percent of people identified in a tranche of communications intercepted by… Read More »
The NSA Is Targeting Users of Privacy Services, Leaked Code Shows If you use Tor or any of a number of other privacy services online or even visit their web sites to read about the services, there’s a good chance your IP address has been collected and stored by the NSA, according to top-secret source code for a… Read More »
Wipe Free Disk Space With Windows’ Cipher Command Hidden Windows Feature: Wipe free disk space with a simple command Works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8x By now you know (or you should know) that when you delete files or folders in Windows, they’re not really deleted. Not even close. Deleting a file or… Read More »
We’re re-publishing the following blog post from Emsisoft’s blog with permission. Once again, Emsisoft has made us proud that we have chosen them as the only anti-virus and anti-malware we recommend. You can buy or renew your Emsisoft licence and help yourself and us too by visiting our Emsisoft page. Emsisoft: Quite Possibly The Most Privacy Conscious Anti-Malware… Read More »
Repair scams: Let’s take a look at iYogi All Windows users iYogi is a remote support outfit whose home office is in India. They have “local headquarters” in the USA, United Kingdom, and elsewhere around the world. “Local Headquarters” is in quotes because iYogi does not have a physical presence anywhere other than India. Now before we get… Read More »
Ars tests Internet surveillance—by spying on an NPR reporter A week spent playing NSA reveals just how much data we leak online. On a bright April morning in Menlo Park, California, I became an Internet spy. This was easier than it sounds because I had a willing target. I had partnered with National Public Radio (NPR) tech correspondent… Read More »