Mike Kuketz wrote:
As an alternative to the Tor Browser i suggest the following: On this site you can check your browser "visibility": http://ip-check.info/?lang=en
Yeah, if you don't need or want location anonymity, there are a lot of really good options out there. RequestPolicy takes a lot of tinkering (which can be *really* aggravating), but it's incredibly useful for blocking tracking scripts. Modifying one's user-agent string was found to be a CFAA violation during Weev's trial. Who knew? Ashkan Soltani wrote a really great opinion piece on this [1]. In addition to the other great recommendations, I'd highly recommend blocking Flash if you're concerned about privacy. Not only do flash cookies persist longer / are hard to block / are harder to remove, but it's easy to fingerprint someone via a tiny bit of flash. Flash is also enabled by default on Google Chrome, so check out FlashBlock [2]. It also offers more granularity in case you like gaming :D best, Griffin [1] http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/07/the-catch-22-of-internet-commerce-and-p... [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/flashblock/gofhjkjmkpinhpoiabjplob... -- "Cypherpunks write code not flame wars." --Jurre van Bergen #Foucault / PGP: 0xAE792C97 / OTR: saint@jabber.ccc.de My posts are my own, not my employer's.