Monthly Archives: April 2009

Friday Privacy & Security News

Today, I have found several articles that I think represent valuable information for you, my readers. From now on, I start sharing such links in order to keep you up-to-date about with the latest posts and articles about privacy and security. Here is this Friday list: Online proxy users won’t get stiffer sentences after all [...]

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How To Blog Anonymously

If you are interested in hiding your trails while blogging, there is a great guide on MasterNewMedia.com. The article advices you to use some of the following simple privacy precautions: Use a Pseudonym and Don’t Give Away Any Identifying Details Use Anonymizing Technologies (e.g. Invisiblog.com) Use Ping Servers to promote your posts Limit Your Audience Don’t Be Googleable [...]

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EU Criticizes U.K.’s Oversight Of Web Privacy

UK was formally warned by the European Comission because it was failing to properly protect personal online data. The commission said the use of Internet-monitoring technology developed by London-based Phorm Inc. violates EU privacy rules in some cases. Also the use of Phorm‘s technology by U.K. Internet-service providers without gaining consent of their subscribers is considered a [...]

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7 Tools That I Use While Browsing Anonymously

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I often get asked what are the tools that I use while browsing anonymously. So I have decided to share with you a short list of 7 such applications. The list is not necessarily a recommandation for you, there are tools that work for me and that I use when hiding my IP address. IP Hider [...]

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How-To-Hide-IP.info does not promote cracks

Lately, we get more and more comments that promote cracks to different hide IP tools. We do not consider cracks represent a solution for those seeking privacy that is why we are not aproving these comments.   Our position is based on the followings: We respect the software producers and we understand that good privacy solutions need constant [...]

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“Best Anonymous Browser” – Try before buy?

Not long ago, I have written a post in the series “How to choose a hide IP tool” explaining that you should always try a product before you buy it. What if you are not able to try it? As anonymity products use different technologies that depend on the operating systems, browsers, firewalls, etc, it is possible that some [...]

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How to choose a hide IP tool (V) – Subscription or Permanent license

This is the fifth article of the series “How to choose a hide IP tool“. In the first post I have explained that you can choose between free and paid tools (How to choose a hide IP tool (I) – Free or paid?). If you decide to purchase a product you always have to try before you buy (How to choose a [...]

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Anonymity Gateway – The Proxy Alternative

Anonymity Gateway is a useful hide IP application that is presented by the producer, Privacy Gateway, as an alternative to web proxies. As you probably know, web proxies are not very reliable so an alternative is welcomed. I have tested Anonymity Gateway and here is a short tutorial and a list of pros and cons of the [...]

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IPREDator to be launched tomorrow

The VPN service IPREDator that I have written about 2 weeks ago will be launched tomorrow, 9th of April 2009, according to the homepage. IPREDator was previously announced for 1st of April, but it was delayed due to stability problems. This service comes in response to the introduction of IPRED in the E.U., a directive which stands for “Intellectual Property [...]

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Poll: How often do you hide your IP address?

The goal of this blog is to help you, my readers, hide your IP addresses and overcome the censorship and blockage on the Internet. So, it would be interesting to find out how often you hide your IP address. Do you need to hide your IP everytime you access the internet or you hide your IP [...]

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