Tor Protects Users From Identification Through Fonts

Each day, some 2.5 million people use the Tor network to protect their privacy and identity on the Internet. The easiest way to browse through the Tor network Tor Browser. This software consists of a modified Firefox version and software that connects to the Tor network.

Tor users get the advice , for example, not logging into websites or other identifying information on websites leave behind.Additionally Tor Browser warns the user maximizes his browser window. The maximum resolution of a display can namely be used for tracking. Another way to track Internet users is on the basis of the fonts used. Something that investigators earlier this year have shown ( pdf ).

In a new test version of Tor Browser 5 was therefore decided to use the same fonts for all supported platforms. According to the developers of Tor, it is a "experimental protection". These new privacy measures will also be included in the final version of Tor Browser 5, which is scheduled for next week.

Edward Snowden Praises Privacy Posture Apple

Whistleblower Edward Snowden is very positive attitude about privacy and Apple's business model, which Cupertino users of data collected and not used to earn money, he left opposite TechCrunch know. Recently, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple's commitment to privacy and businesses that the data from their users cashing are wrong.

According to Snowden does not matter whether Cook speaks the truth. "What's really important is that he has a commercial reason itself from competitors like Google to distinguish." If the business model of Apple, however, will mean that information is collected and sold, according to the whistleblower's right to privacy and users. "We need to support vendors that want to innovate," he noted.

Especially when the competition can be entered in this way companies make money by collecting data. If Apple does not respect the privacy promise this will have the confidence of users and harm far greater implications for the company. Snowden, however, hopes that Cook will fulfill his promises.

Branding Biggest Challenge DuckDuckGo

Various studies have shown that people on Internet privacy is important, yet awareness is the biggest challenge for privacy search engine DuckDuckGo. The search engine focuses entirely on online privacy and says that the IP addresses of users or other personal information store and does not create user profiles.

Late last year decided both Apple and Mozilla DuckDuckGo optional respectively Safari and Firefox add . Meanwhile, the search engine privacy will be affected more than 9 million searches per day. This number is not proportionate to the 3.5 billion searches Google processes daily.

Yet DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg is positive. He points to a recent survey by the Pew Research Institute, which shows that people are looking for privacy-friendly alternatives. "While it is difficult to predict future growth, it looks good. Our biggest problem is to know that we exist," says Weinberg opposite Network World . He noted that DuckDuckGo has no plans to also start offering other services and will focus only on the search engine.