Monthly Archives: March 2009

Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 31, 2009

In a report to be issued this weekend, researchers at the University of Toronto’s Munk Center for International Studies say a massive electronic spying operation has successfully stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world. The researchers say the system was controlled from computers almost exclusively in China, but they cannot [...]

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How to watch SciFi from outside US?

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 30, 2009

When you try to access SciFi.com outside US you get the following message: This message is similar to those of other video streaming sites like Hulu.com, NBC.com, ABC.com, Fox.com. The country filters of these sites can be bypassed using Hotspot Shield as described in previous posts: The problem is that Hotspot Shield does not work [...]

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Is Privacy Dead or Just Very Confused?

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 30, 2009

Many assert that “privacy is dead,” the complex ways in which people try to control access and visibility suggest that it’s just very confused. Take a look to a SXSW 2009 Video.

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Alonweb – Free VPN Service

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 29, 2009

Update 2/7/2010: Alonweb is not available anymore. You should check HideMyAss, HideIpVPN, Hotspot Shield, InvisibleBrowsingVPN or IAPS Security Services. Finding free VPN services is not easy as most VPN services do not have free version, only a few days you can test. The most well-known free VPN service is Hotspot Shield, but from time to time other services come [...]

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Opera with Geolocation

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 28, 2009

Opera Labs has announced a new Opera build with Geolocation API support that you can use this to expose the browser’s geographical position, and make use of it in your applications. This build can be used to share your location and from the developer’s point of view, this build can be used in applications that can make use [...]

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Pros and Cons of using VPNs for Hiding Your IP address

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 27, 2009

VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) are frequently used by companies for remote workers making a connection to the office network. But there are companies that rent out VPNs to anyone. These rented VPNs provide a secure, encrypted pathway/tunnel between you and the company renting the VPN, thus hiding your IP address. This is due to the VPN server [...]

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IPREDator – Premium VPN Service from The Pirate Bay

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 26, 2009

World’s most famous bittorrent network ThePirateBay will soon launch its own VPN service. Unlike any other VPN service IPREDATOR assures that no user activity logs of anykind is stored. The name of the service mocks the new swedish Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) legislation which empowers copyright holders get personal details of file-sharing users from [...]

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China has blocked YouTube … again

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 25, 2009

Internet users from China have not been able to access YouTube since Monday. The reason is a video that the Chinese government claims to be fake. The video apparently shows Tibetan protesters being beaten with sticks, and kicked and choked by China’s security forces. This is not the first time that China has blocked YouTube and it’s probably not [...]

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IP Sharkk new release and discount offer

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 25, 2009

Yesterday, I have received an email from the producers of IP Sharkk announcing a new release that fixes several bugs. Also the email contains a 20% discount for the Premium version (you can read the email below). Thank you, Brian, for the offer! There were some issues with IpSharkk losing connection, we have fixed them [...]

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GPass not working

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 24, 2009

GPass is one of the most appreciated hide IP tools as it’s free and very easy to use. Unfortunately, it seems it does not work anymore. As David signaled in his comment, GPass has not been working for quite a while. Testing GPass In order to verify the problem, I have downloaded the latest version [...]

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