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First of all, the German customs don't just randomly install spyware on people's computers. I don't know whence you've gotten that information. Like any other state body that conducts legal wiretappin …

If you're looking for something sufficiently safe and user-friendly, I suggest downloading a copy of Tails then burning it on a DVD or USB stick. Whenever you want to access the Internet anonymously a …

Yes they would. Private Browsing Mode (in most browsers) is designed to make the browser avoid saving the history of visited URLs on your computer. Your network administrator can still view the logs …

No. Never close email accounts that are associated with you or any other accounts you have/had. After your address is free, somebody can take it and use it to recover other accounts, mess your relati …

I believe that your quest will end in disappointment. Almost all email providers automatically scan the emails for many reasons including spam detection, malicious attachment detection, phishing links …

You're starting with a wrong premise. Pop-ups originating from a Private-Browsing window (legitimate and illegitimate ones) are already started in private-browsing windows.

Disclosing the MAC address in itself shouldn't be a problem. MAC addresses are already quite predictable, easily sniffable, and any form of authentication dependent on them is inherently weak and shou …

Connecting to VPN and using the Internet in the scenario you described is actually very secure. In the case you're talking about (mutual authentication), it is safe to say that ISPs aren't able to int …

In my opinion, this is an opinion-based question. Why? Because it does make sense to filter rouge exit nodes, but how do you know which ones are and which ones aren't? Where do you draw the line in yo …

If warranted, the police already have the authority to request and obtain access to your Internet service provider's logs and follow your every step online. I wouldn't really worry about bugging your …

It's all a matter of cost-benefit analysis. 1) Why a similar concept as Tor project wont work in this scenario? (all the nodes /towers are controlled by people/ a company that does not want to …

Update: PasswordBox responded to my inquiry on the subject. Personally, I couldn't really figure out what they're talking about. It could be a problem in my understanding. Below is a screenshot of th …

I've researched this subject for more than 3 years*: Looking for VPN providers, reading through their Privacy Policy and Legal pages, contacting them, contacting their ISPs when possible, and I've concluded … Update 2: Regarding other highly recommended super anonymous VPN services (I'll go over only the top two) BTGuard: You only need to take one look at the Privacy Policy to know that there's something shady …

A little more than a year ago, I was in a situation where I feared for my life. I gave this some thought and here's what I did. I made a video recording containing everything I wanted people to know …

HTTP traffic passed through Privoxy will have certain privacy-oriented rules applied to them. For example, Privoxy will block ads, detect and disable click-tracking scripts, disabling pop-ups, etc. … In fact, you can use them together to get the privacy benefit of Privoxy and some performance enhancement by Polipo. This can be done by chaining the traffic between them. …