Beginners Guide to Internet Security and Privacy (tonido.com)

10 points by sdaityari 12y ago ↗ HN

With the boost in internet connectivity and free wifi-spots popping up at every nook and corner, the vast world wide web has become your playground. Increased connectivity means that you spend most of your time connected to the internet. But, have you ever wondered how safe you are, especially if you are connected to a public network like a WiFi Hotspot?

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spectrum 12y ago ↗

Hushmail is NOT secure or private [1] . The sentence "even an employee with access to their servers can’t get the actual data of the email" is false. Do not use.

Edit: Adblock Plus allows certain "acceptable ads" (read: companies pay Adblock Plus to get whitelisted) and this feature is turn on by default. Use the fork Adblock Edge [2]

[1] http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai/

[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/

[dead] dobbsbob 12y ago ↗

Even worse somebody got paid to write that terribad article http://www.getfilecloud.com/write-for-tonido/

As for this service seems like a clone of ownCloud

jlgaddis 12y ago ↗

There's a lot of "misinformation" in this post. I wouldn't recommend three of the four "tools" mentioned and would recommend Tor only after ensuring that the user has a clear understanding of its strengths and weaknesses.

I guess you can't expect excellent quality for $30 an article, though (and "advertisement" might be a more appropriate term).