Privacy

• Big Brother is already here
• Cotse's Privacy Watch
• Cotse.Net provides anonymizing web proxies and remailers for members.
• Browser Spy "can tell you all kinds of detailed information about you and your browser."
• the-Cloak provides configurable remote HTTP anonymizing proxy.
• a good piece at The Register on Internet Anonymity

Privacy Issues:

• particularly study java and javascript exposures through browser
• Privacy Guide
• ProxyBlind

Privacy Solutions

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) cryptography

SSH (Secure SHell) transmission

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
Certificates are available from FreeSSL.com and CAcert and others. and EV1Servers

• Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography

Anti-Spyware/Adware Software for Windows

• Ad-Aware
• Spybot
• HijackThis with caution
• Instructions:
  • StudioGlyphic
  • Dave Piscitello's Core Competence
  • Cotse