Tag Archives: online privacy

Scroogle Search Anonymizer Up and Running Again

Scroogle, a Google search proxy that prevents the searcher’s data being stored by Google, is running again after a code change briefly knocked it down. Many privacy activists consider that connecting IP addresses with search queries poses privacy and security concerns. The only thing Google does to protect the search privacy is that they anonymize the last octet of the [...]

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How-to-hide-ip.info Privacy Policy

Most readers of How-to-hide-ip.info are concerned about their online privacy and anonymity. And they should be as personal user information is collected and used in many ways by various organisations. Sometime ago, one of the readers asked me about the privacy policy of this blog. It came as a surprise as I’ve never thought it was necessary. But [...]

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Online Privacy – A Significant Concern for Web Users

A recent study by Burst Media, conducted in December 2008, takes a closer look at consumers’ understanding of online privacy. The results of the online survey show that a majority of users are aware that a lot of sites and ISPs log and share information about their online activities. Over 80% of web surfers are concerned about online privacy. Most [...]

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