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privacy

Tracing someone using an IP address

December 4, 2009

What is an IP address?
by John Davidson
Every telephone needs to have a phone number to be able to use the public phone network. Similarly every device connected to the public Internet needs a unique number known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods and look something like [...]

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An Anonymous Cell Phone

December 1, 2009

Did you know that the cell phone company can determine your exact location to within 25 to 100 metres anytime your cell phone is turned on? Though this technology has saved lives, there are many unresolved privacy issues around it’s use.
In this post I’ll explain briefly about how a person can be tracked using their [...]

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Secure Anonymous VISA Credit Card

December 1, 2009

This is a little off-topic, but several clients have asked me about how to make secure payments on-line without the risk of exposing their personal credit card data. If you have a card with a high credit limit like a gold or platinum card definitely  avoid using it for online payments. There are also privacy [...]

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