Review: Something useful for everyone: from simple tips to extreme paranoia
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2013
If you are worried about your on-line privacy and security this book is for you. Some of the approaches to privacy in this book are rather intricate but some are simple. You can pick and choose what fits your personality and the level of privacy you desire.One of my favorite simple advices in the book was about writing down passwords. Almost everyone knows it is dangerous, almost everyone does it. The author has a few simple techniques to make it less dangerous such as memorize and don't write down the first few or the last few characters. Insert a random character every few characters. Or split the password and write down the last part first. Write it down backwards. And, of course, you can combined the above techniques. Simple but a lot safer than writing down the password in the clear text.Spam encrypted mail is an example of one of the advanced techniques in the book. The author tells us about a service which encodes your important emails to look like rambling spam messages. The spam envelope is added on top of the PGP encryption, so it is secure but at the same time people are even unlikely to guess you are encrypting your mail. What a clever idea! If someone is snooping on your mail, they will not be interested in looking at rambling spam!I received a review copy of this book for an honest review. I was impressed with Rob Robideau's depth of knowledge and specificity of advice. Browser, email, email attachments, WI FI, IP tracking, unauthorized used of your computer, trackers embedded in images, secure chat, secure internet voice, encrypted hard drives, dropbox, BitTorrent sync, storing data in the cloud, anonymous purchases and donations, bitcoin, blogging, publishing ... he covers them all. There is a lot of information in this book and even if you are knowledgeable in this area you are likely to learn something new. The information is presented in an easy to follow way, you don't have to be a security expert to understand it.Ali Julia review