Strange Deceitful Little Trolls

Date: 10 Mar 2002 04:49:49 -0000
Message-ID: 
From: mickey 
Author-Address: mickey  nym  alias  net
Subject: Re: Evidence Eliminator software questions
Newsgroups: alt.privacy

On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, "Eric Perlin"  wrote:
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>Mickey  wrote...
>> They use scare tactics, and they intentionally target
>> their advertising to pedophiles, terrorists, and
>> other scummy people.
>
>Thanks for the info.
>
>You don't have to be a pedophile or a terrorist to be concerned about
>protecting your
>privacy. There are a lot of sites a person might visit that are just plain
>personal for
>one reason or another.
>

Please understand, I was not impugning you, or trying to relate you to any
of the groups EE targets with their ads. I understand your position. There
is a sig someone used that I really like - "Even if you have nothing to
hide, it's YOUR nothing." 

Your examples make good points, however. There are a lot of things and
activities that, while legal, aren't for public consumption. 

But EE is a poor implementation of a good idea, marketed by a strange,
twisted little company run by strange deceitful little trolls. You're
better off without them.



>I know how to disable cookies, erase the cached files, and how to clear
>history. If that's
>not enough, how else can I protect my privacy without buying a buggy
>program like Evidence
>Eliminator?

Get Eraser, http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/. Price: Free. 
Does complete wipes, per Guttman standard. Wipes cluster tips, wipes
filenames, wipes freespace.

Get Scramdisk (Free) http://www.samsimpson.com/scramdisk.php
 or BestCrypt ($89.95,, but worth EVERY penny) http://www.jetico.com/ for
on-the-fly encrypted disks. 

Get and use PGP 6.5.8.

That should get you started, anyway.

Mickey