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Privacy Protection
Information on this page covers all of the "other" types of Internet security and privacy products including Ad-Blocking, Browsers, Browser Clean-Up, Cookie Managers, Email Privacy, Multiple Features, Password Manager & Form Filler, Private Browsing, Web Bugs, and Privacy Resource Sites.
Basic Internet security measures including ISP online filters, firewall, and virus, Trojan, worm, spyware and spam protection are only the beginning. For families, software to protect kids is needed. If you keep sensitive personal information and/or documents on your computer, they should be password protected or encrypted. If you dislike the idea of companies tracking your surfing habits, you need software to erase your browser tracks and manage cookies. If you prefer to install fewer products with more features, take a look at our page on Internet security suites or other products with multiple features on this page.
Important Real World Privacy Tools
- National Do Not Call Registry
- Stop pre-approved credit offers
- Stop junk mail (snail mail not email)
- Free annual credit reports
- World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Outs July 22, 2007
Articles
- The Smart Paranoid's Guide to Using Google, Logan Kugler, Computerworld, PC World, May 25, 2010
- 14 ways to protect your privacy, Rachel Robson, lovemoney.com, May 28, 2010
- Tech Secrets: 21 Things 'They' Don’t Want You to Know, Dan Tynan, PC World, March 29, 2010
- I'm Personally Taking Drastic Measures, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, Daily Wealth, January 8, 2010
- Google's Behavioral Ad Targeting: How to Reclaim Control, JR Raphael, PC World, March 11, 2009
- People Search Engines: They Know Your Dark Secrets...And Tell Anyone and People Search Engines: Slam the Door on What Info They Can Collect, JR Raphael, PC World, March 10, 2009
- Life insurance for your passwords: Legacy Locker, Rafe Needleman, CNet, March 10, 2009
- How to Delete Accounts from Any Website, Eric Griffith, PC Mag, Rafe Needleman, CNet, March 10, 2009
- How to Delete Accounts from Any Website, Eric Griffith, PC Magazine, March 7, 2009
Anonymous Surfing Service -- Try JAP, Tor or Cryptohippie
Browser Clean-Up
- Privacy Software 2010 -- 17 products, TopTenReviews
Encryption
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Encryption Software 2010 -- 10 products, TopTenReviews
Email Privacy
ID Theft Monitoring & Prevention Services
- Articles
- MyIDscore.com Offers Free ID Theft Risk Score, Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, May 18, 2009
- Identity Theft Monitoring Services Called 'Waste', Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld, PC World, July 30, 2008
- Identity-Theft Protection: What Services Can You Trust? Dan Tynan, PC World, April 29, 2008. Note: To do it yourself, see page 6 -- DIY Identity-Theft Protection: A 12-Step Program.
- Debix
- Column: Finally, ID fraud protection that works, Robert Vamosi, CNet, July 28, 2008
- ID Secure
- ID Watch
- Identity Guard Fraud Protection
- Identity Sweep
- IdentityTruth
- IdentityTruth Predicts and Prevents Fraud, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, April 8, 2008
- InfoArmor
- ITAC Sentinel
- LifeLock
- The Pros and Cons of LifeLock, Bruce Schneier, Wired, June 11, 2008
- Lifelock's fraud-prevention service takes more legal flak, Dan Goodin, The Register UK, May 22, 2008
- Experian Sues Lifelock, Alleges Fraud, Bob Sullivan, MSNBC, February 20, 2008
- Truecredit
- TrustedID
Multiple Features
- Acronis Privacy Expert Suite
- CyberDefenderFree 2.0
- PanicWare
- Proxomitron
- Info, Tips, and Tricks, Privacy Power
- Private Browsing
- Web Bugs
Password Managers
- Stop Forgetting Your Passwords, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, March 24, 2009 -- 1-Click SignupShield Suite 5 (editor's choice), DigitalPersona Personal 4.0, ID Valult 4.0, Norton Identity Safe, Large Software Password Manager 1.0, LastPass 1.50 (editor's choice), RoboForm Pro 6.3 (editor's choice), and UPEK Eikon To Go Digital Privacy Manager.
- Password Management Software 2010 -- 14 products, TopTenReviews
- Access Manager free (no password limit), pro version $25
- KeePass donation requested
- KeePass Password Safe, Davey Winder, PC Pro UK, April 2007
- LastPass free has ads, premium no ads $1/month
- LastPass 1.50, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, March 20, 2009
- A Free Password Manager that's just as Good as Roboform, Gizmo Richards, techsupportalert, January 18, 2009
- SignUpShield free version limited to 10 passwords, pro version $35
- 1-Click SignupShield Suite 5, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, March 22, 2009
