75 Top Open Source Tools for Protecting Your Privacy | Linux Today

75 Top Open Source Tools for Protecting Your Privacy

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Cynthia Harvey
Feb 6, 2013

As mobile technology and social networking have become commonplace, so have concerns about privacy. In fact, nearly every day the media covers stories about identity theft, social networking “pranks” gone wrong, companies with shady privacy policies and repressive governments that censor and monitor online activities.

In this environment, protecting your privacy is an absolute necessity.

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Cynthia Harvey

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