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Thai Government Proposes A “Great Firewall” For Internet Censorship

News / September 26, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Thailand may soon introduce Internet censorship on a grand scale and make online privacy very difficult. That’s according to a statement from the military government calling for a single Internet gateway. The statement orders the Ministry of Information and Communication, along with other government agencies, to establish a single gateway for Internet connections in Thailand. […]

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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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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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IBM Urges Companies to Block Tor Privacy Service

News / August 26, 2015 / 2 Comments

Hiding your tracks online via Tor, the software that helps conceal users’ identity by randomly routing their Internet traffic through a network of relays, may soon become tougher — at least in the office. This week, IBM is encouraging businesses (PDF) to start blocking Tor on their networks. IBM says companies should excise Tor services

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Google Fixes STUN Flaw that Reveals VPN Users’ Private IPs

News / August 22, 2015 / Leave a Comment

More than six months after news broke about a flaw in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that lets websites view visitors’ local IP addresses even if they are logged into a VPN, an official fix has made its way into Chrome. You can check if you are revealing your IP address here. The vulnerability centered

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Using A VPN Router From FlashRouters

VPNs / January 22, 2015 / 1 Comment

FlashRouters provides routers that come with a VPN pre-installed and pre-configured. This is the most convenient way to acquire a router that is correctly optimized for a VPN.

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FireChat: An App That Allows You To Communicate Without An Internet Connection

Peer To Peer, Privacy-Respecting Services, Reliable Apps / October 8, 2014 / Leave a Comment

FireChat is an iOS and Android app that enables smartphone users to chat even without a cellular or internet connection. That’s why it bills itself as an “off-the-grid” messaging app. FireChat is being used by the protesters in Hong Kong, to ensure that they can continue to communicatte if the Internet is blocked. It can

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NinjaStik: Boot To An Anonymous OS In 60 Seconds

Operating Systems, Private Email / September 26, 2014 / 1 Comment

The NinjaStik is a bootable USB 3.0 memory stick. It allows to you boot your computer into an anonymous operating system (via custom firmware and Linux-based OS). There are a host of privacy-related tools on the stick — including a Tor Browser, a Bitcoin Wallet and Thunderbird with Enigmail installed. According to the company the

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