One of the first settings that I change after installing Windows on a new computer is the creation of those thumbs.db files that get automatically created by Windows. The thumbs.db file contains small thumbs of many popular image formats in the directory which is both a privacy risk and a performance drain. The files are [...]

Categories: Software

I have written an article about Flash Cookies last year and it turned out that several users did not know they existed and were grateful that they were now able to take care of them. Flash Cookies are not stored in the usual location where the other cookies are stored but in %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player on [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Security

The Internet is a big place with a lot of information. While most of it is helpful, there’s also a lot of rubbish. For example, social networking sites like Facebook can help you find long-lost school friends and keep in touch with them. Then, there’s Pipl. The site is a search engine. Nothing different about [...]

Categories: Knowledge, Search Engines, Security, The Web

Windows is keeping track of which programs you opened recently. It is using two locations to store those information. The first are the 15 most recently opened documents that are stored in the user profile and I already wrote an article on how to disable the recent documents listing in Windows. There is however another [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

I reviewed the Nirsoft application Recent Files View yesterday which brought two possible privacy leaks to my attention. Windows is keeping a record of files that have been previously opened, to be precise of the 15 most recent files that have been opened and stores them as shortcuts in the hidden folder Recent [My Recent [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

Recent Files View is another excellent software developed by one of my favorite developers Nirsoft. I discovered this application by chance at the Freeware Genius blog and immediately saw the benefits of using the application. Let me tell you what it does. Recent Files View lists the most recent files that have been accessed on [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Software, Tools, Windows

I’m not a huge fan of all those tracking scripts and applications that have popped up lately. It does not really matter if they track if an email was read or a link visited, they all invade other peoples privacy. I’m not saying that I can’t see their uses, can’t count the times that I asked myself if a recipient received and read the email that I have send to him.

Categories: Online Services, The Web

Two, seemingly authentic, documents have been leaked to the German Pirate Party on Wednesday containing information about costs and technical information about a Skype trojan that could be used to eavesdrop on Skype communications. The documents contain indications of at least one operation of the Skype Trojan in Germany.

Categories: Security, Software

So, you have received one of those much though after Hulu private invitations only to find out that you can’t watch a single movie on their website because of their geo-targeting ? Viewers who do not live in the United States get the following line whenever they try to watch a video at Hulu.

Categories: Music and Video, P2p, The Web