It seems like everywhere you turn online you find more and more websites taking free advantage over the ignorant masses roaming the internet.  I highly recommend to anyone who is terrorized by the lack of anonymity online to check out a couple of programs listed below.

The things a person does in the privacy of their own home should be kept private, right?  I mean, that’s shouldn’t be too hard of a concept to ask.

Or perhaps people are just more willing to give up their privacies in this era.

But for those who want to remain as anonymous as they can be without having to become A+ Certified first, you might want to check out a few of the following programs:

Tor (bundled with privoxy and Vidalia) is a large network of proxies sprawled out over the web.  After I installed this, I put it to the test and searched a few websites that have been closed to US residents for some ridiculous reasons.  The only problem I came across is that google adjusts to whatever country my IP is transferred to, but this problem is easy to resolve.

Peer Guardian 2 gathers and constantly updates lists of IP addresses that watch online users.  Using this list, PG2 blocks information from reaching these trackers.  Of course PG2 will only keep you as safe as the list is updated.  As far as where they get this list from, I haven’t really dived down that well of information.  The only problem with PG2 known right now is that it isn’t available for Vista users quite yet.  They are working hard to get a new release available, though.

For Tor, click here

For PG2, click here 

I can’t stress enough to pay attention and watch who is watching you.  If this shit keeps up, everyone will have a file stored in a database with all their information from what foods they dislike to what sexual position they love.