Internet privacy Internet privacy Bounce, often abbreviated as BNC, is used to relay traffic and connections in computer networks. Using a bouncer allows a user to hide the original source of his connection, providing privacy as well as providing the possibility of routing traffic through a specific location. A bouncer can also be used to hide the true target that a user connects to. This should not be confused with e-mail, which may redirect or "bounce" back to the sender if the recipient's mailbox is full. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bounce (network)"
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is a Washington, DC based non-profit advocacy group that works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the Digital Age. ...more on Wikipedia about "Center for Democracy and Technology"
(Degree of anonymity) ; Internal/External : an internal attacker controls nodes in the network, whereas an external can only compromise communication channels between nodes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Degree of anonymity"
Electronic Frontier Canada (EFC) is a Canadian on-line civil rights organization founded to ensure that the principles embodied in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms remain protected as new computing, communications, and information technologies are introduced into Canadian society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Frontier Canada"
Electronic Frontier Finland or EFFI is a Finnish on-line civil rights organization founded in 2001. While not formally affiliated with the U.S.-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, the two organizations share many of their goals. EFFI is a member of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign and a founding member of European Digital Rights (EDRi). ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Frontier Finland"
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving free speech rights (such as those protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution) in the context of today's digital age. Its stated main goal is to educate the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a defender of those liberties. The EFF is a membership organization supported by donations and is based in San Francisco, California, with staff members in Toronto, Ontario and London, UK. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Frontier Foundation"
Electronic Privacy Information Center or EPIC is a public interest research group in Washington D.C.. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. EPIC operates a West Coast Office in San Francisco, CA, that focuses on consumer privacy issues. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Privacy Information Center"
A friend-to-friend (or F2F P2P) computer network is a particular type of anonymous P2P in which people use direct connections with their "friends". F2F software only allows people you trust (using IP addresses or digital signatures you trust) to exchange files directly with your computer. Then your friends' own friends (and so on) can indirectly exchange files with your computer, never using your IP address. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friend-to-friend"
The Internet Junkbuster is a web proxy that can block ads and cookies. It was developed by the Junkbusters Corporation and released under the GPL. However, the Internet Junkbuster hasn't been updated since 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "Internet Junkbuster"
IP Justice is an international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced intellectual property laws and digital freedom. ...more on Wikipedia about "IP Justice"
Off-the-record messaging is a technology which provides encryption and authentication for instant messenger conversations by using a public/ private key system. OTR is currently available in a couple of clients ( Gaim, Adium) on several platforms ( Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows). OTR uses a signed Diffie-Hellman exchange to create short-lived session keys such that the compromise of any long-lived cryptographic keys (such as the DSA signing key) cannot compromise previous conversations encrypted under previous short-lived session keys ( perfect forward secrecy). Even in the case a key might be stolen, there will be no way to prove that a certain OTR key has been used by a certain person in a conversation ( deniability). ...more on Wikipedia about "Off-the-record messaging"
Onion Routing is a technique for pseudonymous (or anonymous) communication over a computer network, developed by David Goldschlag, Michael Reed, and Paul Syverson. It is based on David Chaum's Mix networks, though it includes a number of advances and modifications. Among these modifications is the concept of "routing onions", which encode routing information in a set of encrypted layers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Onion Routing"
The Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based organisation that hopes to preserve digital rights and freedoms by serving as a hub for other cyber-rights groups campaigning on similar digital rights issues. Like the EFF, it will campaign against the entertainment industry's attempts to limit what people can do with digital media, as well as highlighting a variety of privacy related issues. It will also provide information to the media and co-ordinate grassroots campaigns. ...more on Wikipedia about "Open Rights Group"
PeerGuardian and PeerGuardian 2 are free and open source programs developed by Phoenix Labs. They are capable of blocking incoming and outgoing connections based on IP blocklists. Their purpose is to block several organizations, including the RIAA and MPAA while using filesharing networks such as FastTrack and BitTorrent. The system is also capable of blocking advertising, spyware, government and educational ranges, depending upon user preferences. ...more on Wikipedia about "PeerGuardian" http://www.shortopedia.com, there's no better way. Internet_privacy
Phoenix Labs (formerly Methlabs) is a software developing community founded by Tim Leonard and Ken McKelland and best known for PeerGuardian, an open-source software program optimized for use as a personal firewall on file sharing networks. The group is also working on developing several related products. ...more on Wikipedia about "Phoenix Labs"
Privoxy is a filtering proxy for the HTTP protocol, frequently used in combination with Tor and Squid. Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups, etc. It supports both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Privoxy"
Public Information Research, Inc. (PIR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt public charity incorporated in 1989 and run by Daniel Brandt that "specializes in monitoring privacy violations on the web". ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Public Information Research"
Shiva Smart Tunneling (commonly referred to as SST) is a simplistic UDP-based VPN tunneling protocol developed by Eicon available in its Shiva series VPN gateways. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shiva Smart Tunneling"
SpyNOT is a World Wide Web-based anonymous proxy, created by Lee Cassidy, that allows a user to surf the Web anonymously. Similar proxies include the Anonymizer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spynot"
US v. Councilman is a pending criminal case involving interception of e-mail while in temporary storage en route to its final destination. Earlier rulings in the case had had raised concerns about the privacy of e-mail and the effectiveness of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA). ...more on Wikipedia about "United States v. Councilman"
A Virtual Private Network, or VPN, is a private communications network usually used within a company, or by several different companies or organizations, to communicate over a public network. VPN message traffic is carried on public networking infrastructure (e.g. the Internet) using standard (often insecure) protocols, or over a service provider's network providing VPN service guarded by well defined Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the VPN customer and the VPN service provider. ...more on Wikipedia about "Virtual private network"
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