Privacy
Disabling Google Chrome’s geolocation feature
Last year I wrote about how to disable a new feature introduced Firefox 3.5 – the ability for the browser to be aware of your geographical location. I’ve yet to come across a website that uses this feature in any earth-shattering manner and typically the only examples I can think of where this service would [...]
Encrypting your web connections automatically when possible
Recently, the Electronic Frontier Foundation in collaboration with the Tor anonymous routing project released a public beta of their security and privacy conscious Firefox extension. Inspired by Google’s latest SSL encrypted search option, HTTPS Everywhere extends that concept to other websites. Visiting a website known to the extension will automatically switch your browsing session over [...]
Find, view, and delete your Flash-based cookies
Adobe Flash has been making quite the headlines as of late – mainly from the very public spat between Apple and Adobe. Quickly catching up, Apple refuses to allow the Flash technology on the iPhone and iPad because, in their words, they believe in open standards for the web. Apple has gone so far as [...]
Reclaiming some privacy from Google Street View
On the surface, Google Street View is just an amazing accomplish and quite remarkably, free. If you are not familiar with the service, Google has assembled a fleet of specially outfitted vehicles with 360 degree cameras affixed to their roofs; at which point they drive up and down the streets of cities and towns across [...]
Keeping your privacy in Windows 7 jump lists
One of Windows 7′s many enhancements over it’s predecessor is a feature called jump lists that harmonize quite well with the re-envisioned task bar. Jump lists are initiated by right-clicking on an application’s icon that is either currently running, or pinned to the task bar. The resulting dialog will typically include shortcuts to common tasks [...]
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