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Internet Popup Blocker & Privacy Protector. Block popups AND protect your privacy WHILE YOU SURF the internet. Includes US Department of Defense secure erasure for extra privacy! NetPopper is Intelligent! Most popup blockers work by ‘brute force’, that is to say, they block only those popups identified by the user. This is a crude and inconvenient method since the user must first be subjected to the unwanted popup before they can add it to the ‘black list’. NetPopper is different. NetPopper automatically blocks all unwanted popups, silently and without any user intervention. Of course, should a user want to allow a popup, NetPopper does feature a customizable white and black list. NetPopper permits desirable popups! Another flaw in other popup blockers is that they cannot distinguish between unwanted popups and desirable popups. For example, suppose you click a button on your bank website to view information that is displayed in a ‘new’ window. (more…)

1) Do not reveal personal information inadvertently.

You may be “shedding” personal details, including e-mail addresses and other contact information, without even knowing it unless you properly configure your Web browser. In your browser’s “Setup”, “Options” or “Preferences” menus, you may wish to use a pseudonym instead of your real name, and not enter an e-mail address, nor provide other personally identifiable information that you don’t wish to share. When visiting a site you trust you can choose to give them your info, in forms on their site; there is no need for your browser to potentially make this information available to all comers. Also be on the lookout for system-wide “Internet defaults” programs on your computer (some examples include Window’s Internet Control Panel, and MacOS’s Configuration Manager, and the third-party Mac utility named Internet Config). While they are useful for various things, like keeping multiple Web browers and other Internet tools consistent in how the treat downloaded files and such, they should probably also be anonymized just like your browser itself, if they contain any fields for personal information. Households with children may have an additional “security problem” - have you set clear rules for your kids, so that they know not to reveal personal information unless you OK it on a site-by-site basis? (more…)

Who wants to know what you’re saying? It might be your coworker, your employer, your ISP, a competitor, spouse, or legal team. Regardless of who wants to, it is remarkably easy for someone else to read what you write

WASHINGTON (AP) 9/20/99– The Clinton administration reportedly plans to ask Congress to give police authority to secretly go into people’s personal computers and crack their security codes. Legislation drafted by the Justice Department would let investigators get a sealed warrant from a judge to enter private property, search through computers for passwords and override encryption programs, The Washington Post reported Friday. Under the measure, investigators would obtain sealed search warrants signed by a judge as a prelude to getting further court permission to wiretap, extract information from computers or conduct further searches. Privacy advocates have objected to the plan, dubbed the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act by the Justice Department. Peter Swire, the White House’s chief counselor for privacy, told the newspaper the administration supports encryption as a way to provide privacy for computer users. The administration has for years been seeking a law to require computer makers to include a so-called Clipper Chip in their products that would give police a “back door” into computers despite any encryption software they may contain. (more…)