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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

Technical controls

When it comes to security, there are diverse types of controls that will be used to control access and usage of data. Technical controls use technological mechanisms to control access to resources and data. You will need to use different technical controls to control access depending on the operating system, resources you want to control access, type of the resource, and the protocol that needs to be used. Many distinct types of technical controls can be used.

Access controls

Access controls are used to authorize identity to access the recourse or object based on the required task. When designing access controls, we need to ensure that the principle of least privilege is ensured all the time, not most privilege access. The principle of least privilege states that a person should be given the minimum privileges required to complete the given task. If the person needs read-only access, they should only be given read-only access to the object. There are mainly...