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Protecting Your Privacy on the Internet 

A hot topic these days, and one that is causing serious discussions and new legislation around the world. There are very good reasons for people to protect their privacy, such as protection from SPAMmers, protection for your children, identity theft and any number of other reasons. Here are some sites to find out what you need to know to protect yourself on the Internet.


An excellent tutorial on all aspects of computer privacy is put out by All Nettools.

Practical Privacy Guide

http://www.all-nettools.com/privacy/ 


One of the premier sites for computer security and privacy, Infosyssec has links to articles, news, newslists, tools, organizations, and information both for the US and Internationally, both for the technically minded and the newbie.

Infosyssec--Security Portal for Information System Security Professionals

http://www.infosyssec.com/infosyssec/anon1.htm


EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. Get the latest news and legislation on privacy issues.

Electronic Privacy Information Center

http://www.epic.org/


You can keep information from going out from your computers with this list of Firewalls, Cleaners, Blockers, and more from Privacy.net

Privacy-Related Software

http://www.privacy.net/software/


Here is a site that has a searchable database on current and pending law suits on privacy issues.

The Privacy Foundation’s Legal Database Search

http://www.privacyfoundation.org/legal/index.asp


Hide your true identity by using a Remailer service. These systems either give you an anonymous address, to which other people can send you mail, which is then forwarded to your real address, or they post or mail your message without any trace of the sender's name or address.

Anonymity and Privacy on the Internet—Remailers

http://www.stack.nl/~galactus/remailers/index-anon.html


This site has a privacy web surfing option right on the home page. Just enter the URL of the web site that you don’t want to be identified on, and Anonymizer.com will take you there anonymously. They also have free and paid versions of software for your computer. This is one of the last free Anonymous services available on the Internet. 

Anonymizer.com

http://www.anonymizer.com/


This site below has a one-time fee that gives you unlimited access to the service for Life. They don’t say whose life though. 

Ultimate Anonymity--Anonymous web surfing, newsgroups, e-mail, IRC, web based chat rooms and more.

http://www.ultimate-anonymity.com/

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