Two New Privacy-Friendly Services
Trezor is a safe for storing bitcoins. This USB device creates an isolated environment for offline Bitcoin transaction signing.
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What A Website Knows About You
All the cool web sites you visit need to know the properties of your “user agent” (in today’s environment it is your web browser) in order to optimize the views and transactions of the pages you visit on your device. This information (browser and version, operating system and version, etc.) is provided to the web
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Using Firefox’s Reader View To Remove Web Clutter
The Firefox browser has a useful feature called “Reader View” which strips away clutter like buttons, ads and background images. It also adjusts the page’s text size, contrast and layout for better readability. You can find the Reader View button here: Here is an article from Reuters as it appears in Page View Mode: There
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Two Useful Guides To Software Alternatives
In this article, I list three useful catalogs of privacy-friendly software.
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Maildrop: Create Disposable Email Addresses
Maildrop is a free email service that allows you to instantly generate an email address when you don’t want to give out your real one.
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A Guide To Avoiding Ransomware (Part 1)
Ransomware is malicious software that allows a hacker to access an individual or company computer, encrypt your data resident on it and then demand some form of payment to decrypt it. This lets hackers hold your data hostage – and hence the term “ransom”. Victims can regain access to their files only by paying the ransom, or by restoring from a backup that was hopefully not on a network that was accessible to the compromised computer.
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The Best Free and Low-Cost VPN Services
Want to browse privately using a VPN without signing up for an expensive plan? Here’s a list of the best low-cost and free VPN providers.
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How to Secure Wireless Routers for Data Privacy
A poorly secured home wireless network is one of the easiest ways for an attacker to steal private data. Here are tips for understanding how to keep your wifi secure and private, including which wifi encryption methods are best. If you think that simply enabling security features on your wireless router means people can’t steal
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