Protect Your Privacy on the Internet

PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET:
PRIVACY DEFENSE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES YOU CAN USE RIGHT NOW
By Bryan Pfaffenberger
INCLUDES CD-ROM: A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF WINDOWS PRIVACY
SOFTWARE

"Get the strategies and software you need to protect your privacy on the Net.

"Is your complete life story available to anyone with Internet access? It's really not
all that hard to snoop in cyberspace. As more and more business is conducted over
the Internet, it has become increasingly difficult for both businesses and individual
users to protect private information. Your reputation, your finances, and your basic
right to privacy are on the line every day. What can you do about it?

"You can fight back. Protect Your Privacy on the Internet tells you everything you
need to know to ensure your privacy and use the same technology that's being used
against you to protect yourself You'll get industrial strength encryption tools to keep
your affairs secret, the way they ought to be.

"Bryan Pfaffenberger arms you with privacy defense strategies such as:
Creating a bulletproof password
Getting your name out of the databases
Cleaning up your browser's trails.

"Protect Your Privacy on the Internet gives you proven privacy defense strategies
and techniques to help you make the Net a safer place to work and play. You'll get
the names of Internet privacy organizations that are working to protect your
privacy rights and find out what you can do to help.

"On the accompanying CD-ROM you'll find a collection of Windows privacy freeware
and shareware, including:
Pronto96 - an e-mail program that works in conjunction with encryption software
to protect your e-mail
Mutilate - software that thoroughly erases files beyond recovery, even by expert
snoopers
Win-Secure-It - a utility preventing unauthorized access to files on your computer
AMSD Ariadna -- a full-featured browser that reads tables and Java but ignores
"cookies," text files that transparently save where you've been
Random Password Generator - a program enabling you to generate up to 1,000,000
passwords to protect you against unauthorized access to your Internet account
Cyber Patrol - parental control software that prevents kids from uploading personal
and demographic information to commercial sites."

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: YOUR DIGITAL DNA
PART I PRIVACY DEFENSE STRATEGIES YOU CAN USE RIGHT NOW
1 Create a Bulletproof Password
2 Check Out Your Service Provider's Privacy Policy
3 Get Your Name Out of the Databases
4 Think Twice about Filling Out Site Registration Forms
5 Think Twice before Publishing Your Home Page
6 Consider Disabling Cookies
7 Consider Disabling Java, JavaScript, and ActiveX
8 Supervise Your Children's Surf Sessions
PART II GET TECHNOLOGY ON YOUR SIDE
9 Create and Organize Industrial-Strength Passwords
10 Secure Your System
11 Encrypt Sensitive Files and Directories
12 Ensure Total Deletion of Unwanted Files
13 Clean Up Your Browser's Trails
14 Kill Your Cookies
15 Use a Cookieless Browser
16 Post Anonymously
17 Safeguard Your Children Online
18 Use Encrypted E-Mail
APPENDIX A -- LOCATING AND DOWNLOADING PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY
APPENDIX B -- PRIVACY-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES ON THE
INTERNET
APPENDIX C -- WHAT'S ON THE CD-ROM

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
"Bryan Pfaffenberger is a best-selling author of Internet books. He is also Professor of
Technology and Culture at the University of Virginia, where his research focuses on
the social and organizational implications of the Internet, including privacy and
security."

1997, 326 pages plus CD-ROM Order #DR290, $32.75

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