Posts Tagged ‘internet security’

PRIVACY ISSUES:

November 13, 2016

MESSAGING APPS

These links may not reflect the current situation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39193008
https://www.rt.com/news/360205-snowden-durov-whatsapp-telegram/
https://www.rt.com/usa/360196-edward-snowden-google-allo/

TELEGRAM BLOCKED:

http://fortune.com/2018/04/13/russia-telegram-blocked/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43797176

http://www.rt.com/news/425557-iran-bans-telegram-messenger/

VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS:

http://www.techadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/internet/best-vpn-services-of-2017-3657732/

THIRD PARTY ANALYSERS:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/28/mozilla-lightbeam-tracking-privacy-cookies
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-gb/firefox/addon/lightbeam/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery

NEW PRIVACY SHIELD?

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252487502/EU-and-US-start-discussions-on-enhanced-Privacy-Shield-data-sharing-agreement

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BILD GETS NASTY!

September 28, 2016

Now they won’t let me read the headlines because I’ve turned off my java script! – the second biggest threat to online security (the first being unique identifier headers – perma-cookies).

Needless to say I went to one of the many other newspaper sites which don’t make such restrictions.

BILD INFO MESSAGE:
Why can’t I see bild.de. You have deactivated java script for your browser. Activate java script now to read our articles again.

PERMA-COOKIES

Two Ways Your ISP Is Spying on You and How to Be Safe [10 x SurfEasy Total VPN + BlackBerry Z10 Giveaway]

ONLINE TRAFFIC MONITORS:

http://www.hageltech.com/dumeter/features
http://download.cnet.com/BitMeter-2/3000-2381_4-10398686.html

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