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====Privacy====

Privacy enhancements:
- Avoid products and services that have been reported to violate privacy: Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Skype and others
- Use encrypted search engines: [[https://ssl.scroogle.org/]], [[https://www.startpage.com/]], [[http://duckduckgo.com/ duckduckgo only keeps searches for 48 hours]]
- Use encrypted, anonymous network connections: [[Tor]], OpenSSH, [[HighVIP]]
- Use file encryption and secure file deletion: [[pupCrypt]]
- Use partition encryption: TrueCrypt

Often you can block unwanted content and the page still works fine. To block copy list below to /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 www.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 www.googletagservices.com


[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58859 forum link]]

==See also==
~[[Security]] - Keep the Operating System Secure
~[[WatchDog]] - Secure your home

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