This interview with a Nigerian internet scammer is an interesting read, indeed. Excerpt:
Scam-Detective: How did you find victims for your scams?
John: First you need to understand how the gangs work. At the bottom are the “foot soldiers”, kids who spend all of their time online to find email addresses and send out the first emails to get people interested. When they receive a reply, the victim is passed up the chain, to someone who has better English to get copies of ID from them like copies of their passport and driving licenses and build up trust. Then when they are ready to ask for money, they are passed further up again to someone who will pretend to be a barrister or shipping agent who will tell the victim that they need to pay charges or even a bribe to get the big cash amount out of the country. When they pay up, the gang master will collect the money from the Western Union office, using fake ID that they have taken from other scam victims.
via bruce schneier
SecureZip Express is the tool to know when it comes to easy encryption. It has basic encryption as well as the most userfriendly public key encryption available to date.
Public key cryptography is a technology which allows for secure transfer of data between two parties, without the need for an exchange of a secret password. Pretty interesting technology, actually.
Occasions may arise where you would like to post your mail adress somewhere public, but is hesitant because of privacy issues.
In such situations you could use Whspr.me, which gives you a short url you can post instead, in a one-step process.
This url people can visit to mail you, for the amount of time you specify, without ever seeing your actual mail adress. It works perfectly.
If you work in Word I think you should consider Doc Scrubber. It removes all the hidden data in your documents, of which there is plenty, and it’s freeware.
“In this short essay, written for a symposium in the San Diego Law Review, Professor Daniel Solove examines the nothing to hide argument. When asked about government surveillance and data mining, many people respond by declaring: “I’ve got nothing to hide.” According to the nothing to hide argument, there is no threat to privacy unless the government uncovers unlawful activity, in which case a person has no legitimate justification to claim that it remain private. The nothing to hide argument and its variants are quite prevalent, and thus are worth addressing. In this essay, Solove critiques the nothing to hide argument and exposes its faulty underpinnings.”
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