There are free firewalls available, which "isolates your computer from its
internet connection by filtering out information, blocking open ports and
halting programs with ActiveX Controls and JavaScript routines."
Zone alarm from www.zonelabs.com - recommended (free download)!
Esafe desktop from www.aks.com - free download!
Furthermore, there is a privacy special report published in PC World June 2000
pp. 103-136)that are looking at these very issues. 'How private are you
online?' quiz is given with a scoring provided.
Happy reading!
Rebecca
Quoting "Yuill, Allan" <[log in to unmask]>:
> I looked at their privacy policy and they seem to be taking any concerns
> about privacy very seriously. I think Charles is being a bit hard on
> them.
> (providing they are telling the truth)
>
> They are certainly not in the same class as NetZip etc.
>
> Allan Yuill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Christacopoulos [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 3:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: NetZip *ARE* ... and more
>
>
> ** Reply to note from Ricky Rankin <[log in to unmask]> Wed,
> 26
> Jul 2000 13:39:22 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
>
> Add this to your list too:
> http://www.flyswat.com/
>
> I got it tracking the movements of a user on my server.
>
> I don't understand what it does there again it runs on Winblowz so I
> would
> not understand.
>
> Charles
>
> ==============================================
> Charles Christacopoulos, Secretary's Office, University of Dundee,
> Dundee DD1 4HN, (Scotland) United Kingdom.
> Tel: +44+(0)1382-344891. Fax: +44+(0)1382-201604.
> http://somis.ais.dundee.ac.uk/
> Scottish Search Maestro http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/
>
>
Miss Rebecca Wong
Department of Information Science
Loughborough University
LOUGHBOROUGH
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
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