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  1. Anonymous Proxies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on How Effective Is SafeWeb?

    There is a list of anonymous proxies available at webveil.com. They seem to list Safeweb as one of their top choices.

  2. Damn. Got all excited... by KFury · · Score: 3 · on New Crypto-OS

    I read the title, "New Crypto-OS" and I thought Wow! An operating system centered on cryptographic principles. That's so cool and temporally relevant!

    It could support a PGP encrypted USB and digital video interface for disabling tempest and keystroke attacks. It could be built to only support SSL, SSH or other wise secure TCP/IP protocols, possibly some kind of ISP program through Anonymizer (or anyone, really).

    Just think, a system based on the principle that the only place cleartext exists is on the CPU (and other minute pathways between crypchips and rasterizers, logic elements, etc...

    But no, it's just another open source project for people to mess with... Sigh.

    Kevin Fox

  3. Re:From the admin of WEBVEIL.COM by sonnerbob · · Score: 1 · on Anonymity
    Just in case anyone's curious, of the 37 anonymous service providers listed a WebVeil, this week's unscientific popularity ranking (based on links to the service sites) is:
    1. COTSE Anonymizer (9.29%)
    2. TheWebSurfer (8.89%)
    3. HideIP (7.15%)
    4. Anon.XG.NU (6.98%)
    5. Anonymyth (6.58%)
    6. SilentSurf (6.25%)
    7. AnonyMouse (5.18%)
    8. IDMask (4.45%)
    9. SnoopBlock (4.39%)
    10. SilentBrowser (4.05%)
    11. i-SafetyNet (3.60%)
    12. Surfola (3.49%)
    13. i-Security (3.60%)
    14. the-Cloak (3.26%)
    15. WayHaven (EarthProxy) (3.24%)
    16. SpaceProxy (2.87%)
    17. OperatorPat (2.42%)
    18. Exonet Gateway (2.31% even though it's disabled...go figure)
    19. MagusNet (1.86%)
    20. AceSpySurfer (1.24% also disabled)
    Remaining 17 have garnered the last 9.12%.

    The position in the chart may have something to do with skewing click-through. Those listed in the Free table are more popular than the others, even if the pay services host a free/demo version (Anonymizer, Siegesoft, Rewebber, IDZAP and Freedom all fall in the last 17). We have no way of knowing if this is representative of marketshare. Probably not. Anonymizer.Com probably ranks number among all usage of anonymizing services.

    Point being...well, I guess I have none other than to point out the breadth of easy options (and as an excuse to post a link to WebVeil. You might argue that these anonymizers are just the tools of pornography seekers, message board troublemakers, or the overly paranoid. I couldn't say, but I submit that anonymity is neither good nor bad. It just is. The act or expression itself is what should be characterized, not the mechanism that makes the act or expression non-attributable.

    Here's A. Michael Froomkin's familiar essay on "Anonymity and It's Enmities".

  4. Re:From the admin of WEBVEIL.COM by sonnerbob · · Score: 1 · on Anonymity
    Just in case anyone's curious, of the 37 anonymous service providers listed a WebVeil, this week's unscientific popularity ranking (based on links to the service sites) is:
    1. COTSE Anonymizer (9.29%)
    2. TheWebSurfer (8.89%)
    3. HideIP (7.15%)
    4. Anon.XG.NU (6.98%)
    5. Anonymyth (6.58%)
    6. SilentSurf (6.25%)
    7. AnonyMouse (5.18%)
    8. IDMask (4.45%)
    9. SnoopBlock (4.39%)
    10. SilentBrowser (4.05%)
    11. i-SafetyNet (3.60%)
    12. Surfola (3.49%)
    13. i-Security (3.60%)
    14. the-Cloak (3.26%)
    15. WayHaven (EarthProxy) (3.24%)
    16. SpaceProxy (2.87%)
    17. OperatorPat (2.42%)
    18. Exonet Gateway (2.31% even though it's disabled...go figure)
    19. MagusNet (1.86%)
    20. AceSpySurfer (1.24% also disabled)
    Remaining 17 have garnered the last 9.12%.

    The position in the chart may have something to do with skewing click-through. Those listed in the Free table are more popular than the others, even if the pay services host a free/demo version (Anonymizer, Siegesoft, Rewebber, IDZAP and Freedom all fall in the last 17). We have no way of knowing if this is representative of marketshare. Probably not. Anonymizer.Com probably ranks number among all usage of anonymizing services.

    Point being...well, I guess I have none other than to point out the breadth of easy options (and as an excuse to post a link to WebVeil. You might argue that these anonymizers are just the tools of pornography seekers, message board troublemakers, or the overly paranoid. I couldn't say, but I submit that anonymity is neither good nor bad. It just is. The act or expression itself is what should be characterized, not the mechanism that makes the act or expression non-attributable.

    Here's A. Michael Froomkin's familiar essay on "Anonymity and It's Enmities".

  5. Re:General privacy/EULA/etc. watchdog info? by plashdoy · · Score: 2 · on TiVo Changing Privacy Policy?
    The closest I know are Electronic Privacy Information Center and Junkbuster. But they don't "track" it if that's what you mean. They weigh in heavily with lobbying pressure and public notice as they did with Amazon. Otherwise, it's individual watchdogs like Gibson Research (Spy Ware stuff), or The Privacy Foundation where Richard Smith is a consultant. He's outed a few privacy holes. Privacy.Net covers stuff like this sometimes. Other groups like Interhack and Peacefire might be on the look out for technical underhandedness, but I don't think anyone is hawking and reporting privacy policy changes. It usually takes notice for the company and then complaints from customers to get noticed. (Did anyone realize Living.Com was trying to do the same thing as Toysmart in its bancruptcy proceedings, but was blocked by Texas courts?)

    I think this would be a good idea but don't know if there's anyone with the resources to undertake the task. If you could make a business out of it, like maybe Enonymous' Privacy Ratings site, then that might work. I'd monitor it if there was such a site. Maybe someone would want to run something like FuckedCompany.Com but concentrate on slippery privacy practices.

    I've found that PrivacyDigest and WebVeil do a pretty good job of keeping abreast of the news. Privacy Digest is better because it is more comprehensive, but WebVeil is selective, seeming to focus on privacy for consumers specifically rather than everything that is privacy under the sun. Otherwise, I just pay attention to and filter what the paranoids are saying in alt.privacy or check on the privacy issues section of Yahoo and Wired.

  6. Vapour Asks : by vapour · · Score: 3 · on Privacilla-Open Source Privacy Policy Making?
    Posted by Vapour on 11:43 AM September 21st, 2000
    from the stuff-to-talk-about dept.
    Vapour asks: "There was this article at Wired (which was dull the first time), and I found that it provided an incredible opportunity to post a dull privacy story on Slashdot. This random linkPrivacilla.Org allows me some semblance of intelligence, which moderators love, indeed, here is another :Eric Raymond.' Since I do subscribe in large part to very long words, such as existensialism, more mundane principles atCato Institute, and general bad grammar and incoherenceWebVeil.Com, I would like to read the comments from Slashdotters, because I have nothing better to do."

    < CmdrTaco And Hemos Speaking At MIT Thurs | Mozilla-KDE Integration >

    vapour
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  7. Vapour Asks : by vapour · · Score: 3 · on Privacilla-Open Source Privacy Policy Making?
    Posted by Vapour on 11:43 AM September 21st, 2000
    from the stuff-to-talk-about dept.
    Vapour asks: "There was this article at Wired (which was dull the first time), and I found that it provided an incredible opportunity to post a dull privacy story on Slashdot. This random linkPrivacilla.Org allows me some semblance of intelligence, which moderators love, indeed, here is another :Eric Raymond.' Since I do subscribe in large part to very long words, such as existensialism, more mundane principles atCato Institute, and general bad grammar and incoherenceWebVeil.Com, I would like to read the comments from Slashdotters, because I have nothing better to do."

    < CmdrTaco And Hemos Speaking At MIT Thurs | Mozilla-KDE Integration >

    vapour
    .
    ..

  8. Re:www.NEATO.com wont even let you browse anon by sonnerbob · · Score: 1 · on Shopping Online While Protecting Your Privacy?

    It looks like the failure is just a function of javascript filtering. If you use a proxy that allows javascript, the page renders fine. The C.O.T.S.E. proxy has a switch for enabling/disabling javascript. Try it on www.neato.com and see what I mean. We maintain a pretty extensive list of anonymous surfing services at WebVeil. Check it out.

  9. Funny, but worth it? by sonnerbob · · Score: 3 · on Would Exchanging Cookies Defeat DoubleClick?
    Pretty funny idea...similar to the game of swapping grocery store discount cards. (see this USAToday column)

    But beyond amusement, this wouldn't serve much purpose IF you could pull it off. On a large enough scale, it might amount to a form of protest, but why? Okay...Doubleclick has become the poster child of the profiling evil empire. And now Coremetrics has received the brunt of the privacy policy ignorance of its clients, putting the spotlight on third party data-mining. In either case, cookies represent an essential tool to get their jobs done. If you don't like it...your options are simple:

    • Configure your browser.
    • Use a local proxy or filter. Adsubtract is a good one. I like Proxomitron.
    • Use a browser "companion". IDcide works well. It's free.
    • Use a proxy service that manages cookies like Privada or Freedom (yep, sneaking my affiliate ID in that URL). Zapada is a clever Java applet approach to keeping Doubleclick et.al. out.
    • Periodically clean out your cookie files, either manually or using any number of file tools like Webroot's WindowWasher.
    • Just install Doubleclick's opt-out cookie. I've assembled the URLs in one convenient location at http://webveil.com/optout.html.
    • Or physically edit your cookie file/directory to be read only...after installing the cookies you want in order to get personalized service...like here at Slashdot.
    Cookie angst is so overwrought, but if they bother you...whip 'em into shape. You certainly have options. An exchange system would be interesting and entertaining, but enough to be worth the effort? I'll participate if someone does the work, but I think there are better uses of your programming time.
  10. Opt Out by sonnerbob · · Score: 1 · on More Web Site User Data Gathering Revealed

    WebVeil added Coremetrics to its opt out list soon after the story broke (though incorrectly listing them as an ad network ala' Doubleclick). If you don't block cookies or filter third party cookies, but such tracking worries you...get all the opt out cookies in one fell swoop.

  11. You've got to be your own protector by yibyab · · Score: 1 · on Failed Dot-Coms Selling Private Info

    You don't have to be a wizard to know you never divulge your personal information when you browse the Web. Use an insulating email address (in fact, I'm hooked on the "revokable" email forwarding service at SneakEmail.) Live under a pseudonym, use false demographics if the request bugs you, filter cookies or at least periodical wipe them if you don't want to be tracked or profiled (really, it's just the multi-session/cross site persistent cookies that are a problem). Hide your IP address with a proxy maybe (big list here). Filter or disable Javascript. The only time I'll cross the threshold and divulge my true identity is if I really need to spend money for something which is rare. Otherwise, they can deal with JojoIndianCircusboy, Dirk Diggler, or Art Vandalay. Don't rely on anyone to be your defender...least of all the one's promising to protect your data.

  12. Anonymity for the Common Man (non-hacker) by yibyab · · Score: 1 · on Privacy vs. Anonymity
    1. Create a "pseudonymous" account with Netzero, Freeinet, Bluelight, FreeWWWeb and dialup. For the truly paranoid, go mobile and jack into someone else's phone system.

    2. Pay the $50 and get a quiver of Freedom nyms (or abuse the free 30 day trial over and over again if you're a cheap skate or don't want to register your payment information).

    3. Even with your Freedom nym in place, use the URL-based, CGI-type proxies at Anonymizer, Clandestination or the-Cloak (I found a great listing of proxies at WebVeil.Com.)

    4. Finally, be very aware of any information you provide voluntarily. Even references to geography, personality, employment, etc. may, in the aggregate, offer more clues than you want to reveal. Turn off Java, ActiveX, and scripting languages just to be sure. Make sure your cache and history files are clean at the end of your session.

    These are pretty restrictive measures and not the suit of armor I care to don, but if you are a alt.privacy type, there certainly is real anonymity online. With these measures in place, I'd be impressed if the FBI could locate and identify you.

  13. Other options by sonnerbob · · Score: 1 · on MSIE's Cookies Are Public
    Hadn't heard of Proxomitron before. Thanks.

    Other options:

    1. Use another browser. I recommend Opera.
    2. Install IDcide. Seems to work for me.
    3. Use a "cookie managing" anonymizer like PrivadaProxy or Freedom. They aren't free...I prefer Freedom...and not just because the link includes my affiliate ID :-)
    4. Use a "cookie managing" Web-based proxy. If you are going to surf promiscuously (whatever that means) where this exploit might rear its head, you can use The Cloak which is distinguished from Anonymizer et. al. in that it caches cookies remotely. Bandwidth limiting and you have to remember to use it, but it's free of charge.
    5. Live with it until the fix is in.

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