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An Ethical Guide to Cyber Anonymity

By : Kushantha Gunawardana
Book Image

An Ethical Guide to Cyber Anonymity

By: Kushantha Gunawardana

Overview of this book

As the world becomes more connected through the web, new data collection innovations have opened up more ways to compromise privacy. Your actions on the web are being tracked, information is being stored, and your identity could be stolen. However, there are ways to use the web without risking your privacy. This book will take you on a journey to become invisible and anonymous while using the web. You will start the book by understanding what anonymity is and why it is important. After understanding the objective of cyber anonymity, you will learn to maintain anonymity and perform tasks without disclosing your information. Then, you’ll learn how to configure tools and understand the architectural components of cybereconomy. Finally, you will learn to be safe during intentional and unintentional internet access by taking relevant precautions. By the end of this book, you will be able to work with the internet and internet-connected devices safely by maintaining cyber anonymity.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: The Basics of Privacy and Cyber Anonymity
4
Part 2: Methods and Artifacts That Attackers and Competitors Can Collect from You
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Part 3: Concepts and Maintaining Cyber Anonymity

Using secure messaging apps

In the previous topic, we discuss how to avoid browsers and applications from tracking our online behavior. Most browsers and applications track us without our knowledge or consent. Another area to concentrate on when it comes to privacy is communication and collaboration. We typically share private and personal information with our loved ones and people we trust. Communication and collaboration play major roles today, as everyone is connected virtually with each other by various applications, irrespective of geographic location. Traditionally, people met in person to maintain social networks. This was followed by telephone communication.

In today’s world, various communication applications and social media are the main ways we maintain social networks. Users typically perform one-to-one communication or one-to-many communications, using various communication tools. These communication tools support video-, audio-, and text-based communication...