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Five Tools To Protect Your Privacy Online
by Simon Black
Sovereign Man
Reporting from the 6th Region, Central Chile
We’ve discussed many times before—hardly a month goes by without some major action against Internet users… from Obama’s ‘kill switch’, to ACTA, SOPA and PIPA, to stasi tactics against people like Kim Dotcom.
Online privacy is becoming more important by the day. And nobody is going to give it to you, you have to take steps yourself to secure it.
Below are five different tools and services that will get you started:
1. Tor Browser
Tor is a great weapon in the fight for online anonymity as it allows you to surf the web without giving up your location and other personal data to the websites you visit.
The Tor Browser Bundle is the easiest and most secure way to get started; simply download it, and start surfing the web with the Tor Browser. It’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Learn more about and download the Tor Browser Bundle here
2. Duck Duck Go
If you want privacy, don’t search with Google.
Google store all of your searches to customize ads for you, but even worse, they can hand over the whole list of searches to any government agency that are curious about what you’ve been looking at for the last couple years.
A better alternative is Duck Duck Go, a completely anonymous search engine that does not store any information about you or your searches. The search results are essentially identical to Google’s, so there’s no loss of quality.
3. HTTPS Everywhere
HTTPS Everywhere is a plug-in for Firefox and Google Chrome that tries to force a website to connect in secure mode, thus encrypting your traffic with the website you are visiting. This makes your browsing more secure because it prevents eavesdropping thieves or state-mafia from intercepting your unencrypted Internet traffic.
Download HTTPS Everywhere here
4. Cryptocat
Cryptocat is an encrypted chat that beats Facebook and Skype when it comes to security and privacy. If you want to chat in private then this is one simple solution. It’s also open source, which means you can see the full code and be sure there are no government “backdoors” built in.
Read more about and download Cryptocat here
5. Silent Circle
Silent Circle is a new player on the market, but it is founded by “old” players in the security and encryption industry. One of the founders, Phil Zimmerman, is also the creator of PGP, one of the most-used encryption platforms in the world.
Silent Circle is a suite of products offering:
- Encrypted email
- Encrypted video chat
- Encrypted phone calls
- Encrypted text messaging
Silent Circle is the only service on this list that is not free. But having the gold standard of encryption may be worth it for you. It is for me.
Read more about Silent Circle here
Bottom Line
You can set up most of the tools we discussed in 5 minutes. Each of them will go a long way in securing your privacy online.
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From Zen – If you have other tips, ideas or recommendations please leave them in the comments section for all to share. Tx!
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Remove the GPS Antenna f you are familiar with the internal circuit of your mobile unit, you can safely remove the GPS antenna located on the motherboard or inside the rear housing. This can be done by opening the back casing of your phone. Take out your sim card and battery to remove the rear housing easily using a small screwdriver and by snapping the sides. After removing, you can now work directly on the circuit board, look for the GPS antenna as shown in the image (GPS of different phones have slight variation in appearance). Remove it slowly and you can now assemble your phone. Make sure to back-up important information from your phone and do a format or full restart to remove previous tracking records.
http://www.brighthub.com/electronics/gps/articles/66579.aspx?cid=parsely_rec
Response from Steve: There is a battery that can be removed that enables tracking even with the phone switched off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1caimAQwczQ
raises his eye brows up and really fast! mission imposable theme
I would also recommend ixquick.com as an anonymous search engine. Essentially the same results as Google with no record. You can also navigate to your search results via an ixquick proxy keeping your travels anonymous. It is only slightly slower than traditional surfing.
Thanks a million for the info. I am fairly new to the web and I was wandering about some of this stuff because I search a lot of sites that I am sure certain governments are not happy with and probably attack often. Can you give me any advice for e-mail. I am currently with Yahoo! and I am not sure if I trust them! Thanks.
Peace and Protection from the Source!!!!
Sean (Eaglehart)
Not sure, which mail provider can be trusted. But you could encrypt your mails. Have a look:
http://www.gnupg.org/
http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/index.en.html
Linux systems should have it already installed (update!). And there are ready-to-use packages for Mac and Win:
http://gpgtools.org/
http://gpg4win.org/
“The Gpg4win Compendium is the perfect documentation to get into the world of cryptography. Using the example of Gpg4win, you learn step by step the secure use of Kleopatra, GpgEX and GpgOL.”
http://gpg4win.org/documentation.html
Here’s some more:
http://www.wariscrime.com/2012/02/16/news/how-to-use-the-internet-in-stealth-mode/
http://www.henrymakow.com/anonymity.html
http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127461/
Where does the “download now” link at the top of the page take us?
I would remove the TOR browser from the list. It was pioneered by the American Military, and there seems to be a back door through which you can be tracked – see https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1095 and http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1293530004.html as a starting point. Its very pedigree raises alarm bells
Any of you guys have some good advice on proxy servers?
CCleaner after browsing any site tracking you by cookies (facebook for instance even when you logoff), this is a great free tool,
Check anonymox for firefox for anonymous browsing, it will change your IP automatically, it will slow down your connection depending on the server your are connecting. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/anonymox/
Peerblock if you are using P2P or simply you want to stop any unwanted TCP or UDP connection from known gov and other IP’s. http://www.peerblock.com/
Ghostery for firefox, IE, Chrome and safari. Thank you for your interest in Ghostery! Ghostery allows you to detect trackers on the sites you visit, learn more about the companies behind them, and control their visibility into your online behavior. See the table below to learn how Ghostery works in your browser of choice. http://www.ghostery.com/download