Collaborate Disseminate
I just got into a website registration page and saw there was a "Sign Up with Facebook" button, which showed my profile pic and name.
How does it do that?
Does that mean the website has my name and profile picture as well?
Phone is rooted
Basically I want to be able to access a website without it being able to determine any of the things it dermined about me (my device, ip address etc) when I accessed it last, no matter how advanced of a tracking mechanism i… Continue reading How can I access a website without it being able to identify me as a previous visitor?
A security researcher discovered a wulnerability in Waze that breaks the anonymity of users:
I found out that I can visit Waze from any web browser at waze.com/livemap so I decided to check how are those driver icons implemented. What I found is that I can ask Waze API for data on a location by sending my latitude and longitude coordinates. Except the essential traffic information, Waze also sends me coordinates of other drivers who are nearby. What caught my eyes was that identification numbers (ID) associated with the icons were not changing over time. I decided to track one driver and after some time she really appeared in a different place on the same road…
First off, I know that absolute anonymity is impossible. It can be harder to identify who you are but not impossible. So, for this question, we can assume all protection that is given in that sense from something like Tor browser for Windo… Continue reading Is it possible to be anonymous using data connection in a mobile phone? [closed]
I am attempting to determine whether it would be possible to maintain your anonymity while using an internet-connected PC infected with ring 0 malware. The threat model assumes the adversary is willing to purchase zero-day exploits and cra… Continue reading Preserving anonymity with ring 0 malware infected PC
It’s well known that web clients are easy to fingerprint, and you can see that the same is true for other protocols like email and BitTorrent. This begs the question: which protocols aren’t easy to fingerprint? Specifically, protocols poss… Continue reading Client Fingerprinting Resistant Protocols
If your usual YouTube viewing selection covers a wild and random variety of music, tech subjects, cooking, history, and anything in-between, you will sooner or later be baffled by some of the “Recommended for you” videos showing up. When it features a ten-hour mix of Soviet propaganda choir music, you …read more
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By Owais Sultan
Online anonymity in contemporary times is a major concept and is used for multiple reasons.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Online Anonymity – How to Keep Yourself Safe and Unidentified
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By Waqas
In 2019, 65% of organizations based in the United States experienced successful phishing attacks. So how to protect yourself from these attacks?
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How a VPN Protects You From Phishing Atta… Continue reading How a VPN Protects You From Phishing Attacks
The VPN is used to establish a secure connection (creating a tunnel) to another network over the Internet. It masks our IP address and geographical location and also when the information enters the private tunnel on a VPN, it is always enc… Continue reading How VPN works internally