Your IP is the Key
It is completely excusable if you think that Amazon knowing your order history and Facebook knowing all your friends is “OK”. But consider the reality that the corporations are monitoring…
The Ultimate Guide on How to Stay Safe on the Dark Web
The Dark Web is just like the early Internet, one of the greatest inventions of our generation. We depend upon it for a wide range of daily tasks. Whether you…
Someone Is Running Hundreds of Malicious Servers on the Tor Network and Might Be De-Anonymizing Users
New research shows that someone has been running hundreds of malicious servers on the Tor network, potentially in an attempt to de-anonymize users and unmask their web activity. As first…
IPFire as a replacement for the AMENDMENT1
There are no Raspberry Pi vendors (we can find) willing to sell in volume to little companies like ours in the United States. That is, we aren't buying hundreds or…
Simple Data Privacy Check
What can you do in 5 minutes that will give you a concrete picture of your data privacy? Everyone is concerned about the state of their online data privacy and…
Simple Everyday Internet Privacy
Have you ever taken a survey? If you have, you’ve no doubt felt that pang of self-conscious reflection when you are asked to reveal private data like your age, income,…
Nym gets $6M for its anonymous overlay mixnet to sell privacy as a service
The internet’s “original sin” was that core infrastructure wasn’t designed with privacy in mind. Therefore the level of complicity involved in Mixnets — shuffling and delaying encrypted data packets in…
Privacy vs Anonymity vs Security: Why They Don’t All Mean the Same Thing
Three of the most important concepts to understand online are: privacy, anonymity, and security. But while most treat them as synonyms for having a safe digital presence, they don't mean…
How to Host a Deep Web IRC Server for More Anonymous Chatting
Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is one of the most popular chat protocols on the internet. The technology can be connected to the Tor network to create an anonymous and…
Browser Fingerprinting: An Introduction and the Challenges Ahead
Guest post by Pierre Laperdrix In the past few years, a technique called browser fingerprinting has received a lot of attention because of the risks it can pose to privacy.…