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If you want the privacy advantages of using a secure Linux-based OS like Tails but don’t want to use Linux all the time, an easy (and free) solution is to run Tails inside a virtual machine. Here’s how. These instructions should work for pretty much any Linux-based OS. But we have written them for Tails, […]
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Netflix has begun aggressively increasing its efforts to ban users of VPNs and other proxies from accessing its content. But there are still some strategies that will allow you to get around this ban. Here are some potential solutions. First, a little background. In January, Netflix started making it much harder for people who use
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If you thought Apple’s battle against government encryption backdoors would lead to more privacy and security on mobile devices, think again. Amazon has just announced plans to make its Fire HDX tablets less private by ceasing to support full device data encryption. Fire OS, Amazon’s operating system for Fire tablets, used to support full device
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In a Nutshell Hotspot Shield VPN is one of the most popular free VPN services. That alone is a big selling point for many users. The company also offers a low-priced paid service called Hotspot Shield Elite. Both versions of Hotspot Shield VPN — free and paid — lack many of the features available from
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ICLOAK recently launched its plug-and-play online privacy solution, which is based on a custom Linux distribution that boots from a USB stick. We contacted the company to get a better sense of how exactly its privacy features work, including Tor integration, VPN availability and more. This is what ICLOAK founder Eric Delisle said in response
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Want to make a phone call without revealing your real identity? There are several ways you can do this, ranging from using a throw-away phone to restricting caller ID settings permanently on your smartphone. But what if you just want to make private, anonymous calls occasionally, without purchasing a special phone for it? Here are
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A configuration issue on some darkweb Web servers can reveal the true IP address of a website even if it is set up to use Tor to hide its identity. That’s according to reports that began circulating a few days ago. The issue is not new. It has been known for a long time among
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Virtually everyone needs an email account. Yet keeping emails private and secure is challenging because, by design, email identifies the sender. You also can’t protect emails from tracking with privacy tools like Tor or VPN. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things you can do to protect your email privacy. Here are our tips for
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