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Questions tagged [privacy]

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How to take full ownership of an IP address?

My business is... troublesome. What I do is legal in every country on earth, but some people don't like it, and make it so tough on my poor ISPs that I am forced to go looking for new providers more often than I would like. The only option I know of…
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Can Microsoft employees see my data in Azure?

I have sensitive data stored in both Azure DB and Azure SQL VM. An authorised DBA can log on and query the database, but in theory could a random Microsoft employee do the same without asking permission? I found this online which suggests the answer…
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ISP broadcasting all IP-packets, so I can see traffic of other clients from ISP

Recently I wondered why my router shows a constant downstream of 5 MBit/s, while I am downloading almost no data. I discovered the "packet logging" function of my router, with which I was able to log all the traffic in the wireshark format. And I…
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Isn't it a huge security issue to include the MAC address inside of an IPv6 address by default

Many times you don't want to be identified while surfing. For one thing your browsing history might be sold without your knowledge, and with no benefit to you.
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Is it possible to create your own root DNS server?

I'm curious. I keep reading about how our ISPs and internet middle men record and keep track of all DNS requests basically leaving a trail of breadcrumbs in many logs, and also allowing DNS hijacking for advertising purposes(I'm looking at you Cox…
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What are the arguments for and against a network policy where the sys admin knows users passwords?

I'd like to know pros and cons.. reasons for and against the idea of sys admin’s maintaining user account lists with passwords.. and additionally not allowing those users to change their passwords. I understand that systems like Windows seem to…
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Does SNI represent a privacy concern for my website visitors?

Firstly, I'm sorry for my bad English. I'm still learning it. Here it goes: When I host a single website per IP address, I can use "pure" SSL (without SNI), and the key exchange occurs before the user even tells me the hostname and path that he…
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Is private domain registration worth the extra cost?

I'm renewing my domains. I've always purchased private registration but I'm having second thoughts. Is it really doing anything? I'd hate to not renew it and then have hundreds of 'scammer emails & phone calls' or 'crazy people showing up at my…
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IPv6 Privacy Extensions use_tempaddr=1 vs use_tempaddr=2

I understand privacy extensions and that you enable them by setting use_tempaddr. Unfortunately I haven't found any explantion for the different settings. Every articel I read used either 1 or 2 or cited kernel.org without further explanation. The…
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Could my enterprise proxy know the content of an https request?

Like for instance login into my bank account or knowing what information do I submit via HTTPs? I'm not sure what proxy server do we have.
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How can I remove IP addresses from log files after some time

I have an apache/nginx/whatever web server which logs client IP addresses to the access logs. Now these log files are rotated via logrotate. I want to keep the IP addresses for some days, then after 7 days, I want to remove the IPs from the log…
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Vista / Win7 indexing on TrueCrypt drives

Vista and Windows 7 save bits of information to a central location in the background. Instances I know of are desktop search indexes, recent documents and thumbnails (saved to \Users\[User Account Name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer). How…
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Host my own email in a VPS and stop using gmail, which options do I have?

I'm planning to stop using some google services (like gmail for personal email, still be using for services like google code though). I'm not too paranoid, I know every service in the net is a threat to privacy. The problem with google is that it…
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Domains and 'Private Registration Services'

Last year i registered a few domains, with a 5th i could get free privacy which is what i wanted. My total was $43 for 5 domains and privacy. Now i need to renew them. I have the cost of the 5 domains ($42) and 'Private Registration Services' which…
user274
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Privacy concerns with windows 10 Pro

I don't need any of the Windows 10 enterprise features but enterprise is the only one that (legitimately) allows me to turn off the CEIP (Customer Experience Improvement Program); this is the component that will send MS a crash dump that might…
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