Questions tagged [privacy-protection]
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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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How to keep local searches local on Win11?
To launch a program on Windows 11 I press the win-key and type the name of the software.
But there is a huge privacy issue with the latest version of Windows:
The system sends everything the user ...
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Description for category names of Mozilla Shavar blacklist
Looking at the Mozilla Shavar blacklist, which is used for tracking protection (ex. in Mozilla Firefox), the services are grouped in several categories:
Email
EmailStrict
Advertising
Content
Analytics
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Removing all identifying info before sharing a copy of an excel sheet on a blog
There is an Excel Workbook I have created which I want to share on a blog page of mine (it's a static page created on github.io)
What is the best way to share an excel Workbook?
Should I just provide ...
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Chrome ignoring Window network DNS settings
I had found the answer at Why is Chromium bypassing /etc/hosts and dnsmasq? but it's outdated and instructions on its answers aren't working anymore.
I have a local BIND DNS server, where I have lots ...
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How to automatically remove all meta data from file(s) using Linux OS?
On daily basis dozen of files arrive at my virtual desktop and they find their way to their next destination on:
Cloud
mailbox
shared_folders
mobile_devices
etc
I have noticed that some of them ...
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How do I shield my Windows contacs from 3rd party software?
On Windows 7 I am using the onboard Windows contacts solution for all my contacts that contain a lot of personal information which I dont want to spread.
Are those contacts read-protected against ...
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Is it possible to know which content was blocked by Tracking Protection in IE?
I'm using many Tracking Protection Lists in my Internet Explorer (IE11 if that matters).
In this case if I visit a website that has part of its content block IE shows a blue icon where I can see that ...
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How to prevent accidental emails sending to clients as CC? (Instead of BCC)
I'm trying to figure out how to prevent accidental leak of clients emails addresses when employee pastes them to CC instead of BCC.
Is it a way to restrict sending cc mails to addresses from ...
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Trying to lock down cells in excel & office 365
We have only sharepoint, office 365, excel 2013 - no domain.
I'm trying to lock down specific columns in an excel sheet.
When I click on 'Permissions' in 'Allow users to Edit Ranges' I type in a ...
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Without cookies, is it still possible for an online identity to be matched across different ip addresses?
It's easy to verify that, after changing my ip address (such as by connecting to a VPN), my online identity is maintained (site logins remain active, settings remain unchanged, etc.) Of course, once I ...
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Where do you find the file lists that Microsoft collects from your system?
System ->
Update & Security ->
Windows security (on the left) ->
Virus & threat protection (on the right) ->
Manage settings (under Virus & threat protection settings on the right)
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How restrict cloud storage PC applications to access other than "home" folders?
There is many cloud storage services like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, iDrive, etc. which install own companion application on PC to easy access their services from computer desktop.
This ...
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How do websites uniquely identify your computer even with other computers on your network?
There's a site that I visit that shows a captcha every 2 hours or so and I was just wondering how they did it.
NOTE: I am not trying to circumvent it because the rewards of doing so would be next to ...
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Why do we even use ad blockers at home when most home routers have filter lists?
I started pretty much like the rest of us with regular ad blocking extensions. But there is arguably a performance drop due to the additional checks each time you load a page.
I then started using ...
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