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Kodachi Builds Privacy Tunnel for Linux

By Jack M. Germain
Jan 3, 2019
LinuxInsider
1993 Words

Online and Internet security are not topics that typical computer users easily comprehend. All too often, Linux users put their blind trust in a particular distribution and assume that all Linux OSes are equally secure. However, not all Linux distros are created with the same degree of attention to ...

Wiliest Ways to Keep the NSA at Bay

By Katherine Noyes
Feb 28, 2014
LinuxInsider
1344 Words

The death of online privacy had already been proclaimed long before Edward Snowden landed in the international spotlight, but if it wasn't confirmed back then, Snowden's NSA revelations surely must have extinguished the last vestiges of hope in even the most die-hard optimists. "We're in a predicame...

Free Torpark App Enables Anonymous Browsing

By Jay Lyman
Sep 21, 2006
LinuxInsider
604 Words

Open source coders have developed a Firefox variant, Torpark, that allows users to go online without worrying about the government, Internet service providers or others tracking their Internet activity. Released by a self-described group of computer security experts and human rights workers that cal...