On Monday 09 Jun 2003 12:28 am, rikona wrote: > Hello, > > There has been discussion about security, but little about privacy. > Granted, Mandrake seems FAR less intrusive then M$ when updating, and > with 'call home' programs. Thank you, thank you, Mandrake. > > It would seem that the primary risk is in the browser, chats, and > perhaps in email. I'm starting to look at privoxy for increasing > privacy in browsing. If anyone has used it, are there pre-configured > files set up to protect against the common privacy leaks? > > Has anyone had experience in using the host file to block ads/snoops? > Does it hang the browser in waiting for the localhost to time out if > the host file is used [this is a problem in Opera, at least]. > > Has anyone used a DNS proxy to block ads/snoops? If so, are there > pre-configured files for the common ad servers? > > How secure are the various 'wallet' programs in linux? I note that the > Mozilla 'wallet' seems to point back to a server at Mozilla - not so > hot, I'd think. > > In email, do any of the email clients go to the web for HTML > references that might be in email? > > Finally, what has to be configured so that my local info is not sent > with, say, finger, or some other probe? > > Did I miss any other privacy considerations for linux?
In my experience privoxy works great out of the box for the vast majority of sites. I find it particularly easy to use with Opera and Galeon because those browsers allow you to put 'bookmarklets' on your task bar to get quick access to the privoxy config if you want to toggle privoxy, or customise its settings. I also find Opera runs faster with privoxy because it no longer waits for the last advert to arrive before rendering the page. (Although I think the latest Opera7.11 no longer has that issue anyway, and is in my opinion a *seriously* good browser) After using privoxy for some time I am always shocked when I use a computer away from home at how many adverts there are around the web. Privoxy makes surfing much more peaceful :-) derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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