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Archive for September, 2010

Sep 24

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Increasing Your Online Privacy And Security With Tor

Security and the protection of an individual’s online activity is becoming an ever more relevant issue for the global citizen. Whether we are being monitored by a malicious third party, an employer, an ISP or our own government, security and privacy in online communications is seen by many as a basic human right. If you adhere to this belief and would like to know how to obtain a satisfactory level of security with relative ease, I would like to introduce you to Tor. Read more

Sep 12

Dealing With Identity Theft

 

As more of the general population pushes their sensitive information into the cloud and becomes comfortable with utilizing online services to supplant many of their offline activities (e.g., banking, health or medical transactions), a corresponding rise in online-related crime is to be expected. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that up to 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year.

This increasingly prevalent phenomenon could have devastating consequences on an individual or a family. In today’s post, I would like to expand upon on how identity theft works, how to prevent yourself from becoming a victim, and what you should do if you have already been affected.

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