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6 search engines that abuse your privacy (and 3 that actually preserve it)

The following is a share from the folks over at @Techwarn – Enjoy With the rise of modern browsers, search engines have become seamlessly integrated into our internet experience. Gone are the days of typing out “www.google.com”—now one only needs to type a query into the search bar (or address bar, in many cases), and in […]

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How to search for Open Amazon S3 Buckets and their contents

How to search for Open Amazon s3 Buckets and their contents — https://buckets.grayhatwarfare.com GrayHatWarfare created https://buckets.grayhatwarfare.com/ a free tool that lists open s3 buckets and helps you search for interesting files. For an intro on what Amazon open buckets are, please read the following: https://blog.rapid7.com/2013/03/27/open-s3-buckets/ In essence, many files are publicly accessible, some by design. These files sometimes […]

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Privacy & Google Search Alternatives

When it comes to privacy, using Google search is not the best of ideas. When you use their search engine, Google is recording your IP address, search terms, user agent, and often a unique identifier, which is stored in cookies. Here are a few Google search alternatives   DuckDuckGo is a US-based search engine that was […]

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Download a copy of your Facebook data

Recently we have all have been reading about Facebook’s breach of trust. Even Mark Zuckerberg, admitted that Facebook has made mistakes. The issue: Cambridge Analytica, a U.K.-based political data-analytics firm hired by the 2016 Trump campaign, got its hands on data for 50 million Facebook users — without the users’ knowledge or consent. At this point, it’s […]

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OpenVPN Access Server on Ubuntu

I recently retired my OpenVPN Turnkey appliance and needed to get my VPN solution up and running again. I decided to go with installing OpenVPN Access Server on a clean install of Ubuntu Server to create a stable and lightweight Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access my network. I chose to go with OpenVPN AS because […]

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TunnelBear – Simple, Private and Free

TunnelBear has just launched a Chrome extension that helps to protect your privacy on a Chromebook, Android, iPhone, iPad, PC & Mac TunnelBear is a Canadian company famous for making super easy to use privacy tools. They specialize in VPN services that allow your phone and computers to be secure when using public WiFi hotspots. […]