Tag Archives: privacy

Blocking Facebook’s Like Button with Squid

June 7, 2010

So, I read this story today, which says the following: Even if someone is not a Facebook user or is not logged in, Facebook’s social plugins collect the address of the Web page being visited and the Internet address of the visitor as soon as the page is loaded–clicking on the Like button is not required. If enough sites participate, that permits Facebook to assemble a vast amount of data about Internet users’ browsing habits. Well, that’s creepy. Even though [...]

More Big British Brother

February 22, 2009

Well, the UK’s done it again. Since cameras on every corner in London weren’t enough of an invasion of privacy, now the police want them in private businesses: Islington is one of the most densely populated districts for licensed premises in London and the borough’s licensing authority is committed to providing a safe environment in which to socialise. To this end, Islington police recommend all premises are required to install CCTV and make those images available to police upon request [...]

My TOR Hidden Service

November 2, 2007

So, I went through this today, and created a happy TOR hidden service. It was pretty sweet. I might actually add something to it at some point. My Tor Hidden Service http://n4rnf5fo5n6srkdj.onion/ To use it, get TOR, set it up along with Privoxy, and surf to the link above. The cool thing about this is I can give this link to anyone, but they cannot find out the real IP of my server. This is because it is all routed [...]

HP Uses FBI’s Software?

November 5, 2006

Installing windows from an OEM recovery CD has never been something I would try, but apparently my friend is brave enough to do it. While he was in his 9th hour of installing today, he decided to come to his senses and just put Ubuntu back on. Lo and behold, he could not cancel the installation. He tried CTRL-ALT-DEL, but to no avail. Then, something magical happened. ALT-TAB produced this: Wow. What is FBI Gui Manager? Why is it packaged [...]