Future User Interfaces. Education Videos. Education Reform. Freedom. Mass surveillance. Torrents. 10 Travel Tips for Protecting Your Privacy. Fran Maier is the president and executive chair of TRUSTe, the leading online privacy solutions provider.
She speaks widely on issues of online privacy and trust and is active in mentoring women in technology. She serves on a number of Internet and trust-related boards, including the Online Trust Alliance. At the peak of summer, the weather is not all that’s heating up – privacy, it turns out, has never been hotter. From senators to major news outlets, it seems everyone has privacy on the mind these days. What does this have to do with your upcoming vacation?
Automatic Anonymous Wifi. The two applications we will be using are called MadMACs and TOR.
When a computer connects to a wireless network it usually obtains an IP through a DHCP server, which is basically just a method of providing dynamic IPs so that everyone does not have to sit down and figure out what IP everyone else is using and then manually set one on their own machine. When a request is made to a DHCP server two pieces of information are recorded, your MAC address and your hostname.
How to Create a Fake Identity and Stay Anonymous Online.