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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

Compromising browsers

The second topic of this chapter discussed how cookies are stored in the browser and can collect your information, especially the way third-party cookies will collect information about you. Apart from how cookies collect your information, your browsers keep heaps of other information. Importantly, if an attacker gets access to your computer, they can access and review your online habits, behaviors, and sensitive information. As well as attackers, many web applications can collect this information, using third-party cookies.

Let’s look at the information that a browser reveals about you:

  • Web history and cached data: Most of the popular browsers provide a history feature. This feature is important if you accidentally or deliberately close a web page and forget the URL – it can be your savior. On the other hand, think about privacy. As the browser history keeps information about every single web page you visited, if anyone gets access to...