Take control of your information
The following section will provide you with links to software, both free and commercial, that give you control over who sees what you are doing online and how to prevent unwanted surveillance.
Snoop proof e-mail
The following links will take you to sites that have snoop proof e-mail software that you can use to encrypt your e-mail communications, and prevent any unwanted eavesdropping by third parties. This software converts all your e-mail into code that can only be unlocked by a secret key.
CenturionMail
HushMail
MuteMail
SecExMail
StealthMessage
Surfing the Web Anonymously
The following links will take you to sites that provide software that will enable you to surf the web anonymously. These types of software will keep your IP (internet protocol address) anonymous and prevent other sites from recognizing your IP address.
AnonymSurfen.comBrowserSpy.dk
CryptoTunnel
Steganos
W3Privacy
Cookie monsters
This link will take you to the Spy Blocker site. Spy Blocker is an anti-cookies software. This software will prevent cookies from storing in your hard drive and browser.
SpyBlocker SoftwareDisk/File Erasing Programs
These links will take you to sites that offer software that completely erase files. So if you want to delete files in your hard drive and have them completely gone, instead of having them sent to a trash folder, use the software provided by these sites.
AbsoluteShieldWindows CleanUp
Windows and Internet Washer
Privacy Policy Generators
These are privacy policy editors and generators that will help you recognize if the privacy notices used by sites meet the current policy standards.
P3P WriterP3P Edit
Secure your passwords
These sites have software that will allow you to generate hard to crack passwords that you can use for such things as your bank account or your Facebook account.
VaultletSoftWebCogs
Firewalls
In the words of Wikipedia "A firewall is an integrated collection of security measures designed to prevent unauthorized electronic access to a networked computer system. It is also a device or set of devices configured to permit, deny, encrypt, decrypt, or proxy all computer traffic between different security domains based upon a set of rules and other criteria."
McAfeeSurfSecret
Networkice.com
Zone Alarm