Aside from the very real need to worry about outright identity theft, there is a growing need to be concerned about privacy and reputation protection.
If you think all the concern about privacy threats on the internet is just a bunch of hype, you should seriously do some homework. The threats to privacy are more pervasive [...]
We have been enthusiastically testing two new services launched to provide privacy and identity protection. DMNRA6T4TQ2Z
The Secure Surfing Organization is a long-time advocate of the Anonymizer Anonymous Browsing and Total Net Shield services.
Having used the services for years with great success, we were a little gun-shy about the transition to a completely different anonymizing [...]
We like to keep users updated on service experiences with various secure surfing vendors when they present themselves, particularly those recommended by the Secure Surfing Organization.
We have used the Total Netshield Service of Anonymizer for years and have been very pleased with its identity and privacy protection power.
We were using the 2-year term as it [...]
E-mail headers have a lot of data about which you need not be concerned. They do, however always carry at least one item about which you should care greatly.
Let’s dive in with an example. The following are the headers from an email message written on the webmail service, GMX.com through our user account safe…@gmx.com. The [...]Others in this GroupAbout Your Own Web Address – July 26, 2009Choose a Safe Web Browser – June 28, 2009Choosing a host for your web site – August 8, 2009How to Join stuff online – July 25, 2009How to Research a domain name – July 10, 2009How to handle cookies – August 22, 2009How to transfer a domain away from 1&1 – September …Read the rest – How to understand e-mail headers
Don’t mistake this discussion as related to “man in the middle” attacks.
Middle man protection describes having a middle man act as your agent in some kind of transaction.
In effect when you subscribe to Anonymizer or Tor you are making use of a middle man for your internet connection. Their anonymous servers sit between you and [...]
Information Week reported on a list post by the Tor Network that some of its servers have been compromised.
The Secure Surfing Organization publicly recommends the use of Anonymizer, primarily for ease of use and the strength of service that comes with a paid subscription.
This example, which Tor acknowledges requires at minimum users upgrade to a [...]
This article comes from a similar Secure Surfing site.
Usenet is an internet system that provides great benefits to the people who know it exists and also know how to use it. In common language “Usenet” is now called simply “news groups” because the system started long before the world wide web and [...]
The following is excerpted from CERT. Note our advice which is in part contrary to CERT, at the bottom of the article.
In a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, an attacker attempts to prevent legitimate users from accessing information or services. By targeting your computer and its network connection, or the computers and network of the sites you [...]Others in this GroupAbout Your Own Web Address – July 26, 2009Choose a Safe Web Browser – June 28, 2009Choosing a host for your web site – August 8, 2009How to Join stuff online – July 25, 2009How to Research a domain name – July 10, 2009How to handle cookies – August 22, 2009How to transfer a domain away from 1&1 – September …Read the rest – What is a denial-of-service DoS attack?
Tor is a free anonymizing service operated by volunteers.
You can read about Tor on its FAQ page.
First, the Secure Surfing Organization is an unabashed fan of Anonymizer.
Second, the Secure Surfing Organization definitely does support the Tor project and we happily recommend it to technically-inclined users who are willing to devote the time required.
For users who [...]
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