Tag archive 'Online Privacy'

Privacy awareness in Opera

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-06-29

A web-connected user-agent (a web browser) sends much information, that if you live in Sweden, now will be freely available to the military. Using content and transfer encryption has never been so important before.

This is a tip that will let you turn on a feature of Opera—the web browser—that will warn you every time you send data from a web form unencrypted. It will help rise awareness of just how much data you make available every day.

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Keeping an eye on the cookiejar

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-04-30

Konqueror is excellent for monitoring what cookies different websites store on the computer. Blocking various identification cookies is an excellent way of enforcing privacy and speeding up web surfing.

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Leaving Facebook

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2007-10-27

I deactivated my Facebook account earlier today; after long consideration. Here are my top reasons for leaving the service:

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Google Desktop Search for Linux available today

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2007-06-28

Only a day after I complained over no Google precense in desktop search on Linux, Google replied: Google Desktop Search now available for Linux. (As many readers pointed out.)

As I stated only yeasterday Google, I welcome you. Please invade my privacy. Just make your desktop search available for Linux! I felt I had no choice but to give it a fear try:
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