You may have realised that on Facebook you are able to restrict who sees certain information about you. Facebook applications have different rules however and are able to access all your private information by default. If you regularly enter Facebook quizzes you might be surprised to find that quiz apps have access to a lot [...]

There are many ways you surfing activities can be spied upon whilst surfing the net. Some are worrying and some not so worrying. Most can be avoided with a little help. Firstly I’ll outline who can spy on you, whether you should be worried and finally what you can do to prevent spying. Privacy from others [...]

Privoxy is a very small proxy that can be run from startup to filter your web traffic. It is simple to set up and basically acts as a go between in front of your browser stopping rubbish getting through. The kind of filtering it provides is: Ad removal Web bug removal Removes html and JavaScript annoyances Popup prevention Advanced cookie handling Configurable [...]

A study that can be found on the Social Science Research Network has revealed that many large websites are tracking users with Flash Cookies.

The official Firefox extensions website has been revamped and it is now possible to group a collection of addons together for syncing or sharing. Today I have added my top ten to the site so anyone can view and download them as a package.

Photo by esti. Web Cookies Many people have heard about the privacy issues concerning websites tracking you online through the use of ordinary cookies. These are small text files that when used legitimately within your browser can help a website identify you so you don’t have to log in every time. Unfortunately advertisers and marketers also gather [...]

I have been looking into Facebook privacy after a friend revealed that they didn't know that status updates were shown to their facebook friends - well duh?? There have been a lot of stories about people landing themselves in hot water after contacting old flames or not turning up for work and telling the world they pulled a sickie. Facebook can land you in a whole world of trouble as these airline workers found out.