Date: 10 Mar 2002 04:49:49 -0000 Message-ID:I especially like his conclusion: "EE is a poor implementation of a good idea, marketed by a strange, twisted little company run by strange deceitful little trolls. You're better off without them." What can I say that would be more accurate than that?!From: mickey Author-Address: mickey nym alias net Subject: Re: Evidence Eliminator software questions Newsgroups: alt.privacy On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, "Eric Perlin" wrote: >X-No-Archive: yes > >Mickey wrote... >> They use scare tactics, and they intentionally target >> their advertising to pedophiles, terrorists, and >> other scummy people. > >Thanks for the info. > >You don't have to be a pedophile or a terrorist to be concerned about >protecting your >privacy. There are a lot of sites a person might visit that are just plain >personal for >one reason or another. > Please understand, I was not impugning you, or trying to relate you to any of the groups EE targets with their ads. I understand your position. There is a sig someone used that I really like - "Even if you have nothing to hide, it's YOUR nothing." Your examples make good points, however. There are a lot of things and activities that, while legal, aren't for public consumption. But EE is a poor implementation of a good idea, marketed by a strange, twisted little company run by strange deceitful little trolls. You're better off without them. >I know how to disable cookies, erase the cached files, and how to clear >history. If that's >not enough, how else can I protect my privacy without buying a buggy >program like Evidence >Eliminator? Get Eraser, http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/. Price: Free. Does complete wipes, per Guttman standard. Wipes cluster tips, wipes filenames, wipes freespace. Get Scramdisk (Free) http://www.samsimpson.com/scramdisk.php or BestCrypt ($89.95,, but worth EVERY penny) http://www.jetico.com/ for on-the-fly encrypted disks. Get and use PGP 6.5.8. That should get you started, anyway. Mickey