Archive for March, 2007

Mar 18

Working free web proxies

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Here is another list for YOU, happy surfing:

http://www.flamingproxy.com
http://www.ipfaker.com
http://www.yoursneaky.com
http://mar13.host4c.com
http://www.proxitaxi.com
http://www.proxyy.us
http://www.bynet.us
http://www.proxiness.net
http://www.cantsurf.info
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Mar 16

Google Takes Steps To Protect Privacy

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Yesterday Google took a step in the right direction when it comes to protecting our privacy. Expected to be implemented before the end of the year Google will begin anonymizing the search data it collects so it can no longer be identified with any individual user, after 18-24 months. This is a good step, but does it go far enough?

As is often the case Danny Sullivan has all the details, but the main points are that for each search you do Google collects

  • IP Address
  • Date & Time
  • Query Terms
  • Cookie

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Mar 14

Cryptophone: End to End Encryption for Voice Calls

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

I’ve known for some time that there are special mobile and fixed line phones out there which can encrypt calls from end to end. I recently met Dr. Björn Rupp, CEO of GSMK, a company developing such phones. While probably not of much interest for the average person, there are a lot of people out there from politicians, police, top level managers, etc. who want to be sure their call is not intercepted. Not by the government, not by a secret service, not by tech savvy reporters or nosy mobile phone company employees. (more…)