Category: privacy
‘protecting against tracking’
a Firefox add-on designed to prevent third-party buttons (such as the Facebook “Like” button or the Twitter “tweet” button) embedded by sites across the Internet from tracking you until you actually click on them
Don’t do that!
Plain Text Offenders – “Did you just email me back my own password?!”
‘aims to respect its users’
Instantbird » News » Instantbird 1.0 released in 11 locales!
As part of our belief in respecting our users, we give them an ad-free experience and respect their privacy by not collecting any information about them (Instantbird contacts our servers only when checking for updates, or in the unfortunate and uncommon event of a crash).
Note: This is not an endorsement.
online ‘privacy manager’
SelectOut is here to help enlighten internet users about their choices, the companies that are behind data online, and give users the options choose for themselves.
‘camouflage from face detection’
CV Dazzle™ is camouflage from computer vision (CV). It is a form of expressive interference that combines makeup and hair styling (or other modifications) with face-detection thwarting designs…
‘sophisticated and dangerous’
New trojan virus Zeus v3 empties online bank accounts
How to protect yourself from trojans when banking online
- Make sure your anti-virus software is up to date.
- Keep firewalls set to the highest level.
- Never open an e-mail attachment from someone you don’t know.
- Never double-click on an e-mail attachment that ends in .exe. It is an ‘executable’ file and can do what it likes in your system.
- If you think your machine has already been infected, contact your bank immediately. If the bank thinks you are a genuine victim of fraud it will reimburse you.