Encrypted Your Files In DropBox With BoxCryptor

If you used DropBox, might think about web cloud space is not enough safety if you want to put some sensitive stuff. Well, you can use some ways to secure these stuff, like archive file with password or use other software to secure files before you upload. Today, I like to introduce a web service to encrypt your stuff with DropBox.

BoxCryptor is an encryption tool for DropBox, it offers free and commercial plans, free plan can use 5GB transfer data monthly. You have to download a client that creates additional local drive, just copy files into that drive, they will be encrypted by application in encrypted folder automatically. This part makes users confused, you have to put files into additional drive, but upload files that located in encrypted folder. So these files all encrypted, even someone entered your encrypted folder in DropBox, they still couldn't look at files.

BoxCryptor also offers APP for smart phone users, like iPhone and Android phones.

Send Your Secret Message With Burnnote

Burnnote is a secured online message service that allows users send a disposable note, it will be automatically deleted after someone read. You can write a note, put password to secure it, set up a schedule to burn it. After get a link you can to send it to someone who you wanted. This note is storing on server until someone read. Then, it will delete, except composer set up keeping mode with a timer.

This is a free service, you don't have to register anyway. It is also an anonymous service, nobody knows if you don't want to leave name. For safety reason, even nobody read your note, the system will automatically delete note after 72 hours. So you don't have to worry about your note left on server.

An Easy Way To Bypass IP Filter On Pandora

Pandora is a very good internet music radio, if you like music you should take a try, you can find different kind of music there, you may love it. But, the biggest problem is, it is restricted US IP address by IP filter. It means if you are not lived in the USA, you could not get in and play it. Only way you can get in this service is, use a US proxy or VPN. It is not easy to find a stable free proxy or VPN, most VPN services only offer paid users. Actually, you can use a very simple way to enjoy this wonderful music service without change your IP address, only thing you have to do is, download and install an add-on, it called HTTPS Everywhere.

This is a security add-on for Firefox or Chrome browsers, it can force browser to use secured HTTPS connection with some websites, Pandora is one of the list. Another word is, Pandora opens HTTPS connection to everyone even you are not US IP. So it is an easy way to bypass IP restriction, enjoy beautiful music for free.

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Notice: If your ISP or government blocked Pandora, this way does not work anymore.

Test CactusVPN And Review

CactusVPN is a new VPN service that offers commercial VPN servers in multiple countries, like USA, UK, and Netherlands. In this blog, I wrote several articles talk about how to bypass internet censorship, VPN is a best way to breakthrough it. So I think my readers know what VPN is.

I did try this VPN, easy to register a test account with 24 hours trial for free. The speed was very fast while I test. It supports different way to connect servers, like PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and OpenVPN. The premium plan is affordable, single server is $4.99 US dollars monthly, multiple servers package is $9.99 US dollars monthly. If you want to download file in P2P, choose NL server.

If you want to try CactusVPN, just create an account, it doesn't request credit card or other payment information, you don't have any risk to test this VPN for free in 24 hours. If you are a blogger, you can write a review after test, you have the chance to ask a free premium account.

Send Message Or Chat In Anonymous And Disposable Online

Sometimes we want to send message to someone, but worry about privacy, like somebody track or spy you on your computer. Now, you can use a web based message service that lets you to send message or chat anonymously. Nobody knows who send this message, only receiver know who you are. Whispero is an online message service, you can use it without register. You can create text message, or copy & paste article, attach photo. After save it, you can copy url and send to receiver who also can reply message, attach photo without register. This message can be kept long as 25 days, after that, it will be deleted.

Be Careful, Caught You Download File On Public Torrent Servers

If you download files with BitTorrent you should know this website - You Have Downloaded. Why? It can catch what files you downloaded on public torrent servers. If you didn't use VPN your track left on public servers, You Have Downloaded can catch your download history, you can search IP and file name on this site. For some users, it may have serious problem because in some countries torrent download is illegal.

I think these statistics are very interesting:

Estimated service statistics

Users in database: 52,271,000
Torrents: 110,000
Files: 1,907,000
Files size: (103.41 TB)

Top 5 themes
1. Music
2. Movies
3. TV-shows
4. Games
5. Applications

Top 5 regions

1. China
2. United States
3. Spain
4. United Kingdom
5. Taiwan

Send Your File In Secured Way With SecurelySend

It's very common, people use email send file to family or friends, but they don't know email is not safe. Your ISP can catch it, or somebody can use software sniff it on network. If the file is normal family pictures, videos, regular mail, nobody cares about it. But, if your file is related your personal information, pictures, videos, you may keep eyes. SecurelySend offers a secured way to help you send file. Actually, like other similar web services, you have to upload file to server, but it uses secured way. Then, receiver can get a download link.

It has several plans, free one limited 250MB, 3 sends per month. If you want get to bigger you can choose commercial plan.

Encrypt Your Text On Gmail With Encipher.it

Encipher.it is a text encryption tool that lets you to encrypt composed text with Google mail. This is an interesting tool, very simple to use, just drag a javascript "Encipher It" to bookmark bar on Firefox or IE browser. Actually, it has two parts, one is to encrypt, another one is to decrypt text.  If you want to encrypt after you created text mail on Gmail, click "Encipher It" button on bookmark bar. Type a password, click "Encrypt" button. The encryption is done. How receiver can decrypt this encrypted text after he got? For people who also use this tool, it is easy. Just click "Encipher It", type password that composer can tell them in other way, the content will be decrypted. If receivers who have never use this tool, they can go to Encipher.it, paste content to decryption box. Click "Encipher It", Type password,  it will be decrypted.

According to Encipher.it, it should work with other one, but I tried it with Yahoo Mail but it doesn't work anyway.

Use WinMHR Check Malicious Files In Your Computer

Follow internet booming, other bad stuff also with, spam, virus, and bad software. Almost every computer installed antivirus software, but it is not enough to avoid infected by bad, fake software. WinMHR is a special software that detect virus quickly because it ensures Malware Hash Registry to quickly find malicious files or fake software. It is a standalone software, can be installed with other antivirus software. You can scan single software or whole computer. Very easy to use. It is a free software, no any ads with, but it is a detector only, dose not have removing function.

Cammster, A Simple Way Monitors Your Room While You On The Road

For most people, to install a house security system is expensive. But we can use a simple way to monitor your room through the internet and a web service for free. Cammster is this kind of web service, offers a simple way monitors your room, you only need things are, a webcam, an account of Dropbox or Rapidshare, access internet, register an account on Cammster. After that, you can hook up your Dropbox or Rapidshare with your account.

How does it work? Actually, Cammster uses a web based alarm system, it will take pictures when it detected motion in your room. You can choose a way to receive alarm, like email, sms, store picture in Dropbox or Rapidshare.

After all done, you are ready to use this service. You have to turn on your computer, webcam, and enter your account, click "Run cammster now" button. All done. This is a good way to monitor your room while you are on travel.

The basic service is free, it also offers paid functions.

Scan Your Website Avoid Malware Infection

If you have a website, do you worry about your site infected by malware? How can you find if your site infect virus? Actually, it is easy, you can use some online tools to test your site. Sucuri is one of them. It is easy to do, just type your website's URL in to address bar, click "Scan Website". After a while, it will display the result. Security report including, Blacklisted, Malware, Malicious javascript, Malicious iFrames, Drive-By Downloads, Anomaly detection, IE-only attacks, Suspicious redirections, Spam. You can also check Website Details, like links, javascripts. And Blacklisting status that about if domain is clean.

Metascan, Another Web Based Antivirus Scan Service

Metascan is a web based anvirus scanner that uses multiple antivirus engines to scan your file. It is similar with Virustotal, you can upload a file, it can be scanning by 17 engines, like AVG, ESET, Avast!, McAfee, Symantec. But it odes not offer scan file by a web link. If you doubt a suspect file, this is a good web service for you.

Privytalks, Secured Online Instant Messenger

Do you use instant messenger or email to send important information, like password, account number? You may think they are safe, but it is not. Your information is possibly leaking by third parts, or hacker. If you real care about online privacy, you should use secured client or web service.

Privytalks is a very secured instant messenger that secures your information, so your message will be more safety. It is a web based application, you can use it without register. Just click "CREATE ROOM" button, it gives out another page with an individual address. It shows this message:

Waiting for partner. Send this link: https://privytalks.com/xxxxx. You will be notifies when your partner is connected. After that you can chat safely.

You have to send this link to your friend, after receiver connected, you can talk to each other. It encrypted all messages and traffic, so it is very safe. I think it is good to send sensitive information to somebody.

Stop Social Networking Sites Track You

According to internet research report, most people don't care about internet privacy while they are surfing online, even they knew internet has some dangerous sites, and over-trust security software. They think they will survive online. Actually, something seem are not danger, but they play tricks that you never know.

ShareMeNot is an add-on of Firefox, it blocks some social networking button on websites, like Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon. Why should we have to block these buttons? Most people don't know these buttons track your online browsing activities on site, even if you never click the buttons and even you disable third-party cookies. If you really care about your online privacy, this is a good add-on to stop something track your internet behaviors. After you installed, you don't have to do anything, it automatically blocks these buttons on each website.

TunnelBear, Deep Hide Your Real IP Address Online

I am always interesting about secure internet privacy, it doesn't mean I have to do some bad thing online, it only means I know how important about internet privacy. Today I like to introduce another secured client that called TunnelBear. Look this name you should know what is it doing. This is client that builds a tunnel between your computer and server as a VPN, only difference is you don't have to set up anything on TunnelBear, just download, create an account, and choose server, turn on. All done. You can surf online without leak your real IP address.

TunnelBear offers two kinds of account, one is free, but limits 500MB broadband each month. But you have the chance to get extra 1GB broadband each month for free. Another one is premium account, $4.99 US dollars each month without limitation data transfer.

Take a look these screenshots below.

If you don't have an account, choose first line, click "Next" to register.

Type your information in to form, if you like to ask extra 1GB broadband I suggest you fill your Twitter ID. Click "Next".

Click "Next".

Choose a server (US/UK), turn it on.

After connected server, the client looks like this one.

If you have an account of Twitter, you may like to get extra 1GB broadband for free.

Type your Twitter ID. Click "Comfir & Tweet!", it takes you to Twitter, just tweet.

Download TunnelBear, It supports Windows and Mac.

Use Cocoon To Protect Your Internet Privacy

Cocoon is an internet security web service that offers a special Firefox plug-in to make you browse websites safely. What does it can do for you? The main function is it stops websites to track you, warns you again when automatic download files, lets you create disposable email addresses when you register on websites, even uses its proxy transfer your data, so your real IP address never display on websites that you browsed.

Actually, Cocoon was a commercial service, but it changed and offers free service, so anybody can register an account, install a plug-in, and free to use it. After register an account, you can download a plug-in (only for Firefox) and install it. Restart browser, a new toolbar added on browser. Click power sign, sign in your account, everything will be working, your all browsing data will go to any websites by its proxy.

GoogleSharing, Stops Goolge Track Your Searching Behaviour

We all know Google is a good company that creates many useful, nice internet services, but something we still do not like, like internet privacy, Google always spies us while we are using its service, especially search engine. If you are really concern your online privacy you should use third application to stop Google tracks you.

Google Sharing is a new web service that offers a Firefox plug-in. It automatic chooses a proxy service while you use Google search engine, so Google does not know your real IP address where from. It is very easy to do, just download Firefox plug-in, restart Firefox. By default setting, Google Sharing is enabled with Google search. Now, you can search data with Google search. But, Google Sharing only works with  Google search, it is not to Google personal services, like Chat, GMail, Checkout, Sites, Docs, Photos, Calendar, Reader, Health.

Google Sharing also offer an application that allows users to run own proxy service. If you have a web server you can download a file, and install it on your web server.

Secure Your Email With eCrypt

We know internet safety is very important, but many people still do not care about it, even to use regular web mail service to some sensitive information. Of course, most people do not know about how to secure their email. But eCrypt gives you an easy way secure your email.

How to use eCrypt? First, you have to register an account, you can add new identity that means you can use your own email address to send mail. Add contact address in "Address Book", it also supports import email address from main email services, like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or from a CSV/XLS/XLSX file. Now, you can create email and send to somebody. Actually, it only sends an email with a link to receiver who need click link and type email address to read a web page. It also supports attach files, they will keep in server.

SecretDisk Makes Files Safety

I think most people do not care about privacy with their computer because they think nothing to hide. Actually, people do not know how to protect themselves. Today, I like to introduce a very useful software, very easy to download, install, and running.

Secret Disk is a free software that helps users keep files secret. Compare to other similar software, this application create a new hard disk, you can set up a password. Only your password can open this separated hard disk, otherwise it does not appear on computer menu.

It is very easy to use, after type in password, a new hard disk will appear on menu. If you want secure files, just move files to new hard disk. Only right password can open this hard disk.

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