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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)
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Part 1: The Basics of Privacy and Cyber Anonymity
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Part 2: Methods and Artifacts That Attackers and Competitors Can Collect from You
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Part 3: Concepts and Maintaining Cyber Anonymity

Logless services

When concentrating on cyber anonymity, it is very important to understand the layers at which your information is collected and how they can be accessed by ISPs, governments, and other snoopers. We have discussed the different layers that collect your information. In the previous section, we discussed how important VPN solutions can be for cyber anonymity, but it can be challenging if snoopers can get information from VPN solution providers, as they can see your activities from the logs that are maintained by them. The best solution for this is logless or zero-log VPN services. The reason is that if the VPN service is not collecting logs, no one, not even VPN solution providers, will not know your activities on the internet. Even in the worst case, if law enforcement wanted to analyze your activities while you were on the VPN connection, they would not be able to do so, as there are no logs whatsoever collected by the VPN solutions provider if they maintain a zero...