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Anonymity is derived from the greek word ανωνυμία, meaning without a name or name-less. In colloquial use, the term typically refers to a person, and often means that the Ppersonal identity, or personally identifiable information of that person is not known.

The main question is of course, what are you trying to hide? Closely following that is how important is it?

The precautions you take have to weigh up to the value of the data you are trying to protect, in this case, you are trying to protect your anonymity.

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You could try reading about wingates, socks and proxies (oh before i forget, turn off java, javascript, cookies, what’s related, and smart update … if you are using IE you’re not very smart). Also try installing a firewall, or DHCP or you can learn from me!

There are situations in which you may want to visit a site without leaving a trace of the visit. For instance you want to check what’s going on at your competitor’s site. Your visit will generate a record in the log file. Frequent visits will generate many records. Do you want to know what kind of records? See in YOUR REQUEST, YOUR WHOIS RECORD and GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, Privacy Analysis of your Internet Connection, Another Privacy Investigation Report, BrowserSpy Info, ShowMyIP - will tell you some scary info about what can be told about your computer via the internet. (more…)

Attempting to legislate the Internet will not work, as the Internet is global and covers areas where no single government’s rule applies. The jurisdiction issues make the Internet a haven for fraudulent and illegal activity.

Child exploitation and the rise of Internet related crimes is increasing. Child exploitation has no boundaries; pedophiles exist in every socioeconomic, ethnic and religious community. Consider these statistics, 20% of children online are approached sexually online. 89% of those advances take place over instant messaging. Online predators prowl, rebellious teenagers are opportune targets, and shared personal details often make them become victims. (more…)