Some Notes on Internet Security

To search the Web anonymously: www.torproject.org

To make your hard drive snoop-proof, encrypt its content by:

·         BitLocker (Window 7 and Vista)

·        The Pro and Enterprise version (of Window 8).  Go to Control panel>System & Security>BitLocker Drive Encryption

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          For free encryption, use TrueCrypt (www.truecrypt.org)

To destroy a file, use Eraser (go.pcworld.com/eraser6).  It overrides that data and ensures that no one can resurrect it.  Remember that Recura can often retrieve trashed data.

Tails OS (go.pcworld.com/tailsos) is part of the TorProject.

Install Tails OS on a DVD or a USB drive and run it on any computer.

Source:

PC World, June 2014, Vol. 32(6), pp. 33-37.