Avoiding Internet Surveillance: The Complete Guide

From The Team At

This article is a very good read, well worth the time to go on over and take a look.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/avoiding-internet-surveillance-complete-guide/

Solar FREAKIN' Roadways! (This Invention Will Change The World, Just Watch)

Two Quotes That Are Pertinent

To The Issues Being Faced At FS

Back Up and Running

Equipment Failure At Verizon

Some time last Friday late afternoon left a great number of people in the Lisbon area high and dry without land-line phone service ...

... or DSL service either for three days. 

Of course it had to happen over the weekend so none of my usual posting or ordering could get done. Now its a race to get caught up over the next two days.  

Weather Widget for Ubuntu/Linux

GIS-WEATHER

Although the widget is available through the Software Center, I opted for the most current incarnation and downloaded the .deb from NOOBSLAB . I visited this widget several years back and was not too impressed with its operation, needless to say its developers have been hard at work and the work has paid off.

Setup for your particular locale is fairly straight forward and it has a good range of "skins" or looks available out of the box. I prefer the clear unobtrusive look myself, and I think it fits in with my theme quite well.

It can be customized through the preferences menu quite easily, though some alterations can make it look a bit strange and take a little while to figure out how to make it "look" right. Text colors, can be changed to match your theme and for visibility.

Who Spies On You When You Are On Line?

It's no joke!

It seems that on-line security is becoming more important every day, not necessarily from the standpoint of personal information, but perhaps more so from others simply spying on you gathering information as to the websites you visit, and the types of media you might be downloading. Even those that dislike what Edward Snowden did have to admit that in many ways he was absolutely correct. At first I was one that would have labeled him a traitor, but after looking long and hard at what it was that he was actually trying to bring to light, I now applaud him to a certain degree.

To think that it is ok for anyone to snoop around in your own private business is ridiculous. Unless you are a convicted felon or have a long history of criminal activity, there should be absolutely no reason for anyone to “eavesdrop” on your day to day roaming, the internet no exception.

One way to thwart your Internet Service Provider (or ISP) from aiding those that would pry, is by making use of a service called VPN, or Virtual Private Network. There are many providers of this service available that offer free as well as paid services. The paid services such as Private Internet Access  often provide a service 

that is better, long term and farther reaching with a yearly subscription at a reasonable price, but for short term use many of the free services such as VPNbook  will function well enough.

Although services like these will keep your ISP from prying into your surfing, they do not shield you from sites of public domain, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc, where despite your personal arguments, everything you post is up for grabs regardless of your privacy settings. Some may argue that these service allow you to circumnavigate safety protocols that the ISP has in place. While that may be true, you as the end user should hold that right … AND I might add THAT RESPONSIBILITY! In other words if you are going to use the service for less-than-legal purposes, well you, and you alone are the guilty party.  

Healing Slowly

Graduated ...

... from my crutches

To using a  cane.

Can't wait to lose the Cane too, but have to learn to trust my ankle again first.