There’s Really Nothing Private About Private Browsing As most of you already suspect, privacy today is mostly an illusion. Your favorite browser plays that illusion with so-called private browsing (In-Private browsing, Incognito mode, etc.) And we know that most people might think that using these private browsing modes somehow increases their privacy — but it’s just an illusion.… Read More »
The following is an excerpt from a very interesting article which appeared on MakeUseOf recently. Any of you who are using Facebook should read the entire article. We want to remind you that the views expressed in posts other than our own do not necessarily reflect our views – we publish them to provide you with information you… Read More »
The Password Is Finally Dying. Here’s Mine by John Kuczala WSJ The password to my Twitter TWTR +1.29% account, which has been mine since 2007 and through which I have published more than 51,000 tweets, is “christophermims.” Knowing that won’t help you hack it, however. In fact, I’m publishing my password to make a point: The password is finally dying, if we… Read More »
Terry wants our take on Canada’s new anti-spam law Perhaps you could take a look at and comment on Canada’s new anti-spam law – I haven’t but I do know that everyone you have already given permission to send you things by email now have to email you for permission to do so; I am not sure at… Read More »
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 »