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Privacy in the Digital Age (or lack thereof)

tinyhacker — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:14:18 +0000

Short film on the privacy you may be giving up to remain connected.

Documentary.net

Hide Files in Windows With Secret Disk

abhim12 — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:01:01 +0000

Learn how to create a hidden partition in Windows and hide files.

How to Easily Hide Files in an Invisible Hard Disk Partition Using Secret Disk

Control Facebook Privacy Settings with PrivacyDefender

akishore — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:00:20 +0000

Are you worried about your privacy on Facebook? Not sure how to configure all of those privacy settings to ensure your information is not public or visible to people you are trying to hide it from? PrivacyDefender is a tool that lets you easily control your Facebook privacy settings.

PrivacyDefender

Hide Your Confidential Files Inside Images

abhim12 — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:00:50 +0000

Wanna hide files in a way that nobody could even suspect that they are hidden? Hide them inside images. Yes you can do it. Check out this guide to know more.

How to Hide Files Inside JPEG/GIF/PNG Images

How to Browse Privately in Firefox

akishore — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00:37 +0000

Want to make sure you’re not leaving any trace of your browsing while in Firefox? If so, you should make sure you are using Private Browsing. It’s like IE’s InPrivate and Chrome’s Incognito. Learn more.

Firefox Private Browsing

BetterPrivacy Clears Out those Hidden Flash Tracking Cookies

howtogeek — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Did you realize that Flash is tracking you? That’s right, even if you clear out your Firefox cookies on a regular basis, Flash is storing loads of secret hidden cookies that track you. Unless you install BetterPrivacy, that is. It lets you auto-delete them.

BetterPrivacy

Clear Your DNS Cache to Protect Your Privacy

howtogeek — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Did you realize that the DNS cache on your computer is tracking everything you do, even if you use Google Chrome’s "Private Browsing" mode? Simply use this command line to view everything in the cache:

ipconfig /displaydns

Then use this one to flush it:

ipconfig /flushdns

ZHider Does the Obvious, Hides Open Windows

howtogeek — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:01:00 +0000

This thing is completely driven by hotkeys – use Ctrl+Alt+Z to hide the windows, Ctrl+Alt+L to hide the dialog, and double-click the readme file to figure out all of the others. It’s tiny, useful, and works really well.

ZHider [via AddictiveTips]

TrackMeNot for Firefox keeps search engines from ‘data profiling’ you

tinyhacker — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:49:43 +0000

The TrackMeNot extension for Firefox 3.5 offers an additional layer of privacy for the surfer. By periodically sending random search queries, TrackMeNot increases the difficulty of search data indentifying individual users. Another great tool to protect your online identity.

Install TrackMeNot v 0.6.2a on TMN’s homepage

Install TrackMeNot v 0.6.29 from Firefox Add-ons

EULAlyzer by Javacool Software

tinyhacker — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:22:16 +0000

The coders of Spyware Blaster wrote a lesser known app that is quite handy. EULAlyzer scans End User License Agreements for keywords that might compromise your privacy or security. A pro version runs in real time.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/eulalyzer.html