Tag Results For: privacy

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ContactPrivacy: Get Notified When Apps Try To Access Contacts [Cydia]

If you are concerned with your privacy and own an iOS device, then it is likely that you are familiar with the latest uproar created by the popular social networking app, Path, as it was revealed that the app uploads the address book of its every user to their own servers, without asking for any consent [...] (more…)

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Advanced Onion Router: A Client For TOR Network To Enable Proxy

Onion routing is an anonymous communication technique, where message are encrypted and sent through several network nodes called onion routers. The idea behind onion routing is to protect the privacy of the sender and recipient of a message, as well as securing messages across a network. Advanced Onion Router is a portable client for the [...] (more…)

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Sheepish: Prevent Sites From Tracking You For Better Privacy [Chrome]

Editor’s Note: The extension, Sheepish, was found to be using the codebase and element-library of another extension, Ghostery. The developers of latter filed a copyright complaint against Sheepish, and hence, it has been removed from the Chrome Web Store. Online privacy is perhaps one of the most debated topics there is; everything from emails services [...] (more…)

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How To Turn Off Carrier IQ And Improve iPhone, iPad & iPod’s Privacy

The Carrier IQ scandal has been all over the news, and has had Android users really worried about their smartphone’s privacy. It was pretty alarming when it was first discovered that device manufacturers, and Carrier IQ themselves, have been collecting your phone’s data ever since you first bought it. After the verification of the fact [...] (more…)

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The Complete Guide To Protecting Your Privacy Online

It is a well known fact that invasion of online privacy has become the rule rather than the exception. The source of the threat is not just phishing websites and malicious tracking sources but some of the most trusted websites and web services. Search engines, for instance, use many parameters to identify the location of [...] (more…)

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TekTrak – Remotely Secure, Call, Text & Trace Your Android Device

In quest to secure your beloved mobile phone, you may find plenty of phone protection apps but most of them don’t provide you with an all-in-one solution. TekTrak is an Android app that brings comprehensive device protection and tracking solutions so that you can remotely secure your private information and locate your lost device easily. [...] (more…)

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Visidon AppLock For Android Uses Face Recognition To Unlock Protected Apps

Protecting the private data on your mobile device from prying eyes often comes at the price of convenience. To what degree your preferred security tool hampers your day-to-day usage depends on the method it employs to secure your privacy. Most users prefer setting a lock screen password, PIN or pattern. Although said method is the [...] (more…)

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Disguise & Secure Private Information With Calculator+ For Android

Calculator+ is a information vault of sorts that hides behind the guise of a run-of-the-mill calculator application. Hidden behind the app’s interface are some very ‘secretive’ features, which enable you to store your private information within the app. Apart from performing basic numerical calculations, Calculator+ works as a private information keeper for you. Any personal information [...] (more…)

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Remote Lock Phone & Tracker – Remote Wipe via SMS Commands [Android]

Installation of numerous apps to track and protect the contents of your phone proving to be too much of a hassle? Free Remote Phone Lock & Tracker for Android is a free (ad-supported) application that allows you to track your misplaced/stolen phone and protect the private data contained within via SMS commands. With the availability [...] (more…)

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Enjoy Secure, Unrestricted Internet Access With SSH Tunnel For Android

Does the network on your Android device have highly restricted and/or monitored internet access? Looking for a simple and easy solution to your deprivation or lack of online privacy? SSH Tunnel for Android is a free, simple tool that provides secure, encrypted web access on your device via SSH (Secure Shell) tunneling. The app allows [...] (more…)

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What Is Tor Project And How Tor Works [Complete Guide]

For anyone serious about internet anonymity and privacy, the Tor project would not be a new name. It is one of the few techniques/methods out there that provide anonymity in the real sense of the word, providing secure, almost-untraceable access to internet locations through layers and layers of routing. However, many users get confused by [...] (more…)

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DemocraKey Provides Internet Security For Anonymous Web Surfing And More

DemocraKey is one of the most useful suite for privacy and security advocates, sadly not many people know about it. If you want both security and anonymity while browsing the web, give this portable privacy suite a shot. It includes a variety of different open source tools for performing tasks from secure browsing and virus [...] (more…)