Questions tagged [privacy-protection]
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Automatically wiping a lost or stolen hard-drive?
Hard-drives usually contain sensitive information. Even if the operating system has passwords, a user may be able to boot a different OS to access the files, or they can even take the drive out and ...
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How can I permanently delete messages from gmail? [closed]
For privacy reasons, I want to permanently delete a lot of mail from gmail. I've downloaded it using IMAP. However, when I try to delete the mail, it keeps coming back. This happens even when I delete ...
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Is there a way to make my hard drive inaccessible to everyone but me?
Let me give you some backup story first: A computer technician challenged me to give him my laptop and ask him for any piece of information that I wanted to "hide" in my hard drive. He claimed that he ...
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Web service for sharing photo/videos from an event for a private group [closed]
Following a hell of a weekend at a private live roleplay, we're looking to share the photos and video. Several present either have not yet given permission to share, or expressly don't want their ...
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utility to stymie browser fingerprinting
Does anyone know of a system utility (for Windows) which, when toggled on, would return a spurious System Fonts Listing, a listing that looks like a typical virgin install or which has other limited ...
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I'm using an external DNS, can my ISP detect that?
I tend to use Google's public DNS, I don't like my ISP DNS because it takes too much time to refresh.
Today I have got a page from them saying that you should change the DNS to their DNS because they ...
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Remote Office IP Privacy on Personal Computer
I work from home and use a work laptop with VPN connection. If I have a personal computer hooked up to the same wireless connection as my work computer (not on VPN though, BUT on a router provided by ...
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Public WiFi Security [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
SSH from public network?
How does a hacker in a public WIFI actually view your computer?
HTTPS in public wireless network: is it ok
I have heard and read about public ...
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Preventing Time Machine from backing up website passwords
I have been given a work machine (Mac Book Pro, Mac OS Lion 10.7.1). I am using Google Chrome's "remember password" feature.
Some of those passwords are personal (Hotmail, GMail...) and I would ...
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Generic browser with no tracking [closed]
Most of the mainstream browsers nowadays can be easily tracked via regular cookies, flash supercookies, unique id numbers (e.g. Chrome), and various other less known tricks.
Does there exist any ...
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Questions regarding integrity of OPENVPN and SSH
I am a bit of noob, so I will explain my dilemma and would appreciate any advice to help me with it.
SSH Tunnel connecting to Vps vs OpenVPN - which of these would be better suited for the ...
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Opera 11: Disable "suggestions" in search box
After installing Opera 11 I want to disable Search Suggestions.
Right next to the address bar is a search box. When I start typing anything into it, after a moment search suggestions appear. So, ...
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How can I password-protect AVI video files from a DVD?
I have a DVD that contains five videos with a total file size of 3GB. I want to protect these files with password.
Compressing them into a password-protected ZIP file and manually extracting them for ...
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Tracking Protection lists for IE 9
Is it possible to make your own Tracking Protection lists for IE 9 or modify the excisting lists supplied by easylist from AdBlock Plus
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Does Juniper Networks provide keyloggers with their software?
I noticed that I had a "USB Mass Storage Device" plugged in when there wasn't in fact anything plugged in to any USB port. I turned it off via Windows (XP), but it's quite concerning. This was after ...
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