The Complete Guide to E-Security: Protect Your Privacy on the Internet 0806522798, 9780806522791

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Also by Michael E. Chesbro: Privacy for Sale: How Big Brother and Others Are Selling Your Private Secrets for Profit

CITADEL PRESS books are published by Kensington Publishing Corp. 850 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Copyright © 2000 Michael E. Chesbro

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Table of Contents

Chapter |: The Need for Private Communication Chapter 2: Understanding E-Mail and the Internet Internet Protocol E-Mail Traps Trace Route Effective Use of Passwords Junk E-Mail, Pornography, and Spam Anonymous Web-Browsing Online People Finders Chapter 3: Free E-Mail Services HushMail SAFe-mail ZipLip Unencrypted Web-Based E-Mail Juno Chapter 4: Remailers Chapter 5: Understanding Encryption Chapter 6: PGP and Digital Certificates Chapter 7: One-Time Pads Chapter 8: Encryption Programs Norton Secret Stuff Security Box Two Fish Lite—with Key Generator Passwords and Encryption Built into Other Software Steganography Chapter 9: Securely Deleting or Hiding Files Chapter 10: Communications Planning ........ Vv

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As cutting-edge advances in technology increase at a breathtaking rate, personal privacy is becoming harder to maintain. The fact is, your communica-

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tion through e-mail and Web sites can be seen by dozens of unauthorized _ readers—from marketers to nosy coworkers to criminal hackers who can steal your credit card numbers, social security number—and your identity itself. Even the Federal government can secretly monitor you via the Internet.

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these unwanted intrusions. Written by a former intelligence agent with the U. S. x Department of Defense, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO E-SECURITY gives — you the most up-to- date information on:

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e Avoiding ennai traps and faked Web sites ¢ Creating an effective, uncrackable password — ¢ Surfing the Net anonymously ¢ Protecting your children from pornographic Web sites

¢ Using encryption (disguising text through use of a code) ° pesegegrame your pee records from seizure

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