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The attribute of a system that prevents the release of data to unauthorized individuals. The ability or expectation of an individual or group to reveal information about themselves selectively or not at all.

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Does blocking ads and deleting cookies improve privacy online?

Let's see: I always use uBlock This improves your privacy protection. … Doesn't affect your privacy in general, as you have a single browsing session and could be tracked within it. …
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In Tor, why are the middle and exit relays changed periodically but not the guard relay?

To answer your questions, please let me correct the first misunderstanding. If the guard relay is compromised, the whole circuit is NOT compromised. Guard relay can only identify the IP address of the …
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Does anyone provide per-user warrant canary

I am not a lawyer and this answer is my opinion I couldn't find any legal authorities confirming or denying this, and I assume you speak about NSL-related canaries (those issued by courts to parties w …
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Adobe Flash Inside Whonix Workstation

TL;DR: generally no, it is not possible to figure out your IP assuming the Whonix VM is congigured correctly as you describe, and ALL traffic tunnels through Tor. Long story, there are several ways …
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Using a simple 5-character pass for event vs. QR/barcode

I agree with ThoriumBR's answer, and would only like to address the "security perspective". Five letters, 26 characters each, gives you the total number of 12M combinations (11,881,376). This might s …
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Anti-virus anonymity question

Disclaimer: I work for an anti-virus vendor. In order to do this, they intercept every url their customer surfs to, in order to examine it for viruses or check it against, say, a black list of …
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Is there any point to opting out of interest-based ads?

On a device where you can install extensions there is no point at all. Either you enjoy seeing ads - and thus would benefit from receiving more relevant ads. Or you hate ads - but then it makes mu …
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