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AirSnort
Wireless (802.11 WEP) packet sniffer computes encryption password.
"Anonymous" surfing
WARNING. THESE MAY NOT BE AS SECURE AS YOU ARE LED TO BELIEVE.
- Anonymizer
- Crowds
- Onion Routing
  US Naval Research Laboratory
Aureate / Radiate
Spyware software details. How adware installs hidden executable code on your system.
Carnivore
- EPIC
- Slashdot
Computer Emergency Response Team - CERT
Computer security issues for administrators
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC)
US Department of Energy
Hoaxes, viruses, security issues.
Cookies
What they are and how to deal with them.
Echelon
- The Register report on the European parliament investigation
  Conclusion: it does exist.
- How to spot Echelon listening stations
- Introduction to the use of encryption
  Peter Meyer put this site together to give users a glimpse of cryptosystems. Contains bibliography, and links to Cryptosystem ME5 and NSA's ECHELON.
- Inside Echelon
  Duncan Campbell's collection of data from 1987 to present.
"Cryptography and the National Research Council"
Electronic Frontier Canada
Electronic Frontier Foundation • Archive
EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Centre
Interception Capabilities 2000
A report by European Parliament's Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA).
Internet Privacy Coalition
New York City Surveillance Camera Project
- i-see
  An interactive map to plan your route with exposure to the minumum number of cameras.
- NYC surveillance camera project
  PDF map of New York City with camera locations. Interactive - add a new one.
Overview of Cryptography
Very extensive introduction to cryptography.
PGP Resources - Pretty Good Privacy
E-mail encryption; authentication; digital signatures
Pretty Poor Privacy
An assessment of P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences) by EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center).
Privacy Forum
Long-standing forum on individual and collective privacy in the information age. Searchable archives.
Privacy Foundation
Latest report: web bugs.
Snort
Open source network intrusion detection system.
Sources eJournal
Intelligence / Security / Privacy Reporting
The Stalker's Home Page
How scattered information about you can be gathered into a composite.
Numerous resources to track / find people.
How to protect yourself.
Steganography
- Defeating statistical steganography
- Statistics sniff out secrets
- Steganography and Digital Watermarking
- Stegoarchive
- Terrorists and steganography
TEMPEST
- Unofficial TEMPEST Page
- Cryptome
  Archives of NSTISS (NATIONAL SECURITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY) documents; NSA and FOIA documents.
TRUSTe
Privacy issues on the Web
Note: A November, 2000 article at slashdot raises some issues about TRUSTe's trust
WEPcrack
Cracks 802.11 WEP encryption.

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