Word has spread: Surfing the Internet leaves traces. How many clues are there, how expressive they are and how deep they penetrate our privacy - is surprising and rather disturbing. This article explains what you disclose during an everyday trip into the data network. Read More

Anyone surfing the Internet leaves behind traces of data that can be traced back to the user. Experts, therefore, recommend anonymizing tools that make traceability via the IP address impossible. Read More

To set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN), you must first create a user account with a commercial VPN provider and specify how you want to pay the VPN access fees. In addition to the usual payment methods such as credit card, direct debit or bank transfer, many providers offer anonymous payment me Read More

Anyone surfing the Internet is never unobserved. The data you exchange online with others is always visible to third parties. Read More

For unique identification, a device requires an address within a data network - be it in the home LAN or on the Internet. This is the only way to ensure that data packets reach the right recipient. This is done via the so-called IP address. Read More

‘Big data.’ ‘Metadata.’ ‘Raw data.’ B.J. Mendelson has a passion for privacy, so he created a book “Privacy” from his collection of essays on privacy protection.  This is an excerpt from the chapter entitled "Big Trouble in Little Data."  We felt it was worth sharing. Read More

Who buys cookies in the supermarket, pays the same price as all other customers. But the Internet has its own laws: More and more retailers rely on "dynamic pricing". Read More

Every trip to the Internet leaves traces, with which users can be clearly identified.  Because when the router dials in it’s assigned a unique worldwide number combination, the IP address.  Even weeks later you can find out when and with which IP address a website was visited. Why should you, Read More

We are increasingly online and continuously leaving data traces on the Internet.  According to "Online Study 2017" by ARD and ZDF, more than 50 million people call information from the Internet every day in Germany alone.  On average, every German is on the net for almost two and a half hours a day Read More

The case was one of the biggest data scandals of 2016!  Web of Trust (WOT) with 140 million users is one of the most popular browser extensions - turned out to be a nasty data spy or as the Germans called it “Datenschleuder” with translates to Sling Shot.   The service collected information ab Read More