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Advertising on our Computers and the Web

• Spam
• AdWare/Spyware ad-trojans and other spy apps, detection and removal
• How to remove StartUp Spam - Junk programs that load automatically when you start your computer
• Banner Sites & Basic How-to bypass form buttons (ext)- Useful information as some Web sites treat their guests more and more like cattle...
• Craputers
  

Advertising in our Homes

• Junkmail - Fight Back!
• Tracing Spammers (Guest)
• Telemarketers

Advertising in our Schools

• Channel One, ZapMe!, College Television Network... (coming semi-soon)
• See this report, "Cashing In On Kids",by the Center for the Analysis of Commercialism in Education. (Ext.)

"Free" Webpage Providers

• The Evils Of
• Privacy and FWP Account Security (read before signing ANY account!)
• Unlimited Free File Storage
• How To Kill FWP Popup Ads
• How To Kill Adframes
• How To Kill the GeoCities AdSquare
• More Nasty Shit They'll Do To You

Censorship and Control

• How to beat Internet Filtering Programs (censorware)
• Anti-Censorship proxy servers
• Corporate Web Page Censorship Tactics (Pagewaxing)
• SurfMonkey: Censorware with browser included (Guest)

Scams and Snakeoil

• Free Webpage Providers@


• Money-grubbing Coke Machines (Guest)
• 1-800-DENTIST (coming not-so-soon)

Secrets That She Keeps

• Wal-Mart Music Censored (see here for now)

Your Privacy

• Browser Settings
• Web Anonymizers
• Anonymous Email
• Valid US City/ZIP Code combos Useful for nosey sign-up forms
• Adware/Spyware@


• ePeople Users: Be Wary of Marketplace Assistant  (Guest)
• CueCat - "Free" bar code scanners, privacy concerns, driver software, methods of removing its hardware GUID
• Public Schools:  Free, but at what cost?  (Guest)
• Privacy? (Guest) User vs. ATI Tech support utility wanting all kinds of private information (installed software, hardware serial numbers, ...)

Power Info

• Tracing Spammers@
  

The Leechin' Lifestyle

• Free ISPs ...cautions about using one, anyway...
  

Misc.

• The Software Vendor License Agreement - a counter-agreement for those shrink-wrap or "clickwrap" EULAs (End User License Agreements) software companies make you agree to.
• Battle of the Forms (Guest) - give banks and telephone companies a dose of their own medicine with your own contract forms.

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"You have to be a kind of Jeffersonian citizen on the Web. Be aware, be educated, take personal action. If you're just a passive consumer, they will drive right over you."  - Tom Maddox, PrivacyPlace