With the current trend of governmental snooping for the sake of it, being a cause for concern around the globe you can in many cases protect your privacy by the simple use of special tools
http://www.torproject.org/overview.html.en Why we need Tor
Using Tor protects you against a common form of Internet surveillance known as "traffic analysis." Traffic analysis can be used to infer who is talking to whom over a public network. Knowing the source and destination of your Internet traffic allows others to track your behavior and interests
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http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/frontends.en#guiGnuPG is the GNU project's complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880 . GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign your data and communication, features a versatile key managment system as well as access modules for all kind of public key directories. GnuPG, also known as GPG, is a command line tool with features for easy integration with other applications. A wealth of frontend applications and libraries are available. Version 2 of GnuPG also provides support for S/MIME.
Am I breaking the law by using encryption ?
http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/cls-sum.htmPlease feel free to add your own links here that may help others protect their privacy in these troubling times.
