GreyCoder: How To Be Private Online & Bypass Internet Restrictions

SYNful Knock Hack Compromises Private Data on Cisco Routers

News / September 21, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Reports this week that malicious hackers have installed sniffing software on Cisco routers in at least four countries, enabling them to steal reams of personal information, underscore the importance of encrypting personal data to ensure privacy. The hack, which Cisco reported on its blog on Tuesday, affects enterprise-grade network routers and switches. Those are the […]

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Open-Source uProxy Extension Offers “Social” Private Browsing

News, Privacy-Respecting Services / September 21, 2015 / Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for a new way to stay private online without using Tor or traditional proxies — or if you’d like to help other people do the same — an open-source browser extension called uProxy is right up your alley. uProxy’s developers pitch it as a “social application,” designed to help people stay private

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Tor .onion Domain Gets Security Enhancement with IETF Approval

News, Peer To Peer / September 20, 2015 / Leave a Comment

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has made private and anonymous Internet browsing easier by officially granting special status to the .onion domain name. Now, Tor users can be more certain that their tracks are hidden when they visit sites that use the .onion domain. The change’s chief significance is that it makes it impossible

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Using SSH To Encrypt And Hide Your Web Activity

Privacy-Respecting Services / September 16, 2015 / 2 Comments

The SSH protocol is normally used to log in remotely to computers. In a pinch, however, it can also serve as an excellent privacy tool by providing the same encryption and security protections as a VPN service. Here’s how to use SSH to encrypt your Web browsing session. VPN vs. SSH First, though, we should

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Internet Censorship Increases in Russia

News / September 12, 2015 / Leave a Comment

The last couple of months have been bad ones for Internet openness in Russia — and nearly half of Russians don’t seem to mind, according to a report on Internet censorship in the country. The report, which was produced by the Internet Policy Observatory, found that 49 percent of Russians say that some information on

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Malaysian Officials Make Online Privacy Harder

News / September 11, 2015 / Leave a Comment

“There is currently too much anonymity online.” That’s what government officials in Malaysia are saying in comments regarding plans to increase Internet censorship as the country’s prime minister, Najib Razak, faces allegations of corruption. The suggestion that the Internet is too anonymous came from Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, Malaysia’s tourism minister. He went on to

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Iran Restricts Telegram Private Instant Messaging App

News / September 10, 2015 / 1 Comment

Using Telegram, a secure instant messaging app, in Iran is becoming more difficult. The company behind the software has catered to pressure from the Iranian government to curtail certain of the app’s features. Telegram bills itself as “a new era of messaging.” Designed to be cross-platform, free and fast, Telegram provides security and privacy features

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A List Of Private DNS Providers That Don’t Log

DNS Providers, Privacy-Respecting Services / September 9, 2015 / 23 Comments

Many ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and public DNS providers will log your DNS queries or censor websites via DNS. We list three DNS providers that do not censor or log your queries.

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