Questions tagged [privacy-protection]
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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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How to mitigate any privacy-related risks associated with taking your laptop for repair? [duplicate]
Either my fan or my battery on my refurbished laptop is malfunctioning and it frequently overheats and shuts itself down. I wasn't able to determine the culprit and thought it best to show my laptop ...
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How to automatically remove Flash history/privacy trail? Or stop Flash from storing it?
Many people have heard about third-party cookies, and some browsers even block those by default. Some people may even be using Private Browsing modes. However, only few seem to realise that Adobe's ...
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Can my ISP monitor me?
I'm an atheist visiting a islamic republic where the punishmnent for apostacy may be high.
Is it possible for an ISP to see the websites I might browse or what kind of blasphemous conversations I ...
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Chrome lock profile on exit
As described here, with the new Chrome,
you can lock your profile by simply clicking on the lock icon.
Do you think it is possible to automatically lock the profile on exit?
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How to set up a Chromecast without logging in to Google Home?
I have a Chromecast audio and the Google Home app now requires location access and for you to log in. I don't want to give it either, and therefore it does not help me set up the device. There is no ...
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Tool for Automatically Blurring People in Photos [closed]
I am looking for a way to easily make people on photos unrecognizeable. Whenever I put any photos (usually of cities and landscapes) in my online album, I first make all the recognizeable people ...
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How are User files in Windows 7 protected?
I noticed that I cannot access user files from one account across another. However, if someone took my HDD, hooked it up to another computer, would they be able to see the files? Is there a way to ...
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how to hide text in a PDF in Preview
I need to send a pdf containing bank details about a payment, only some of the data in the pdf is relevant to the receiver, and I would like to hide everything else.
I have opened the PDF in preview ...
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Keys to keep your internet activity private
This is not any stupid question for me to do bad things on the net. I was trying to understand this topic, and now I want to test if my research was ok.
Suppose you do not want anyone (really anyone, ...
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Staying anonymous while hosting your site?
I don't mean anonymous surfing. I mean hosting and having your own domain and such.
The reason is that my blog is about religious/political topics which may cause me trouble in the future.
This is ...
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What are the most common dangerous domains that I should block?
I am trying to configure my wireless router to block domains that are potentially dangerous to privacy, security, and bandwidth-hogs. Is there a list of domains that I can block at the router level? ...
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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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How do I suppress google tracking when blocking javascript is not enough?
For this case I'm referring specifically to the website: http://www.golem.de/
I'm connecting to this website using Firefox with javascript disabled:
about:config > javascript.enabled > no
This ...
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How good is Word's password protection? [closed]
I have a password protected MS-Word 2007 file that needs to stay private. How good is Word's protection? If it's not very good, can you suggest a better method for keeping the file protected?
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