January 18, 2013
Most people know that there are cookies scattered all over the Internet, ready and willing to be eaten up by whoever can find them first. Wait, what? That can’t be right. Yes, there are cookies on the Internet (technically, the World Wide Web), and yes, they really are called "cookies". But they aren’t delicious and they can affect your privacy, so you should know what they do.
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December 26, 2011
All browsers have cookie management functions. You can easily delete all cookies or specific cookies. You can even configure certain cookies to be blocked while allowing others. But sometimes I like to retain a few cookies – for e.g. those from social forums, banking sites, extension preferences – while deleting the rest across browsing sessions. So, let’s look at a quick way to create a whitelist to save specific cookies in Chrome and a more global solution using a great freeware.
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September 27, 2011
It seems that Facebook is actually not using cookies to track you. At least not after you log out. Users, however, should still be wary about what Facebook knows about them and what it chooses to do with this information. According to writer and hacker, Nik Cubrilovic, Facebook’s tracking cookies are not deleted when you log out of Facebook, but instead are simply altered.
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June 29, 2011
Internet cookies. You've heard of them, you've been warned about them, and you've grown to fear what they are telling the world about your Internet surfing habits. How can such an innocent sounding thing be so evil? Everyone loves cookies, right? Well when it comes to your Internet browser, cookies can be a good thing, but they can also be a bad thing too.
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April 4, 2011
Washing Machine is a simple, single purpose app that keeps your Mac clean of personal information in this increasingly security conscious age. We've got 25 standard licenses for Washing Machine 2 -- each license protects up to 2 Macs.
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February 16, 2010
Have you ever wondered whether surfing really is anonymous? You browse the internet, you open and close websites, and you do not enter personal information, at least not often. While you do that, each and every page you visit leaves a little trace behind. If this information is not deleted, it can be used not [...]
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December 4, 2009
Chances are that you’ve probably heard about cookies – those little pieces of data in your browser on your computer that some say track the sites you visit and compromise your security. There are plenty of rumors going around about them, and in this article, we’ll sort through the myths and truths that exist about [...]
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September 16, 2009
To some degree, we’re all familiar with cookies as they relate to websites. Most of you are aware that they are out there and serve some purpose. Some of you know that websites use them to store information locally on your computer. There are also those cookies that track information about you and your web [...]
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April 15, 2009
This is a Firefox plug-in that might make you very happy! Close n’ Forget does one thing and it does it well. We all browse through websites that we might be embarrassed about. There are web searches you do that you would NEVER EVER want others to see. Yes that is why you learned about [...]
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April 12, 2009
As online and off-line marketing and advertising grows, marketers are becoming increasingly aggressive in obtaining information about who you are and what you do. In some cases, website visitors are finding out that information is being collected without any disclosure. Today, there are ways to help protect your information from being seen and used without [...]
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December 23, 2008
Have you visited some sites you’d rather others didn’t know about? Is your tin foil hat fitting a little tight? Well you’re about to get a little more paranoid or at least a little more educated. You may have used some sort of software to “erase your tracks” after doing some web surfing, but the [...]
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December 14, 2008
October 26, 2008
Sometimes one is just not good enough. Especially when it comes to something as malevolent as spywares and trojans. The solution from Hitman Pro could be something akin to a multi-barreled approach. A combination of 8 anti-spywares out there for the dangers posed by cyber snoop tools preying on your computer. The basic premise behind [...]
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September 15, 2007
Cookies on your PC (and I don’t mean the tasty kind with chocolate chips) are a double-edged sword. On one hand, they are invaluable for remembering your information on webpages, showing you what links you have clicked on, what’s new, saving you having to log in, etc. On the other hand, cookies can also be [...]
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