Theprivacyblog.com Website Review

A new online scam is picking up speed and is particularly active during the holidays: GrinchBots. There are many limited edition products, from special sneakers to collectable toys. They can be in very high demand compared to the available supply. That is where the Grinch comes in. The attackers use automated tools to buy up almost all of the inventory of the items, then re-sell them at a huge markup Unfortunately there is not much you can do to protect yourself, but retailers can make it much harder to launch this kind of attack. If you think a site has been hit by the GrinchBots, let them know that you are not happy and demand that they improve their anti-scalping technologies. There are solutions that work remarkably well. I am not posting to The Privacy Blog as often as I did in the past. That does not mean I have stopped writing! Please check out my blogs articles I have written, recorded webinars, conference talks, and more. I founded Anonymizer Inc. in 1995, almost 23 years ago. It was born of my pas*ion and commitment to privacy, security, and anonymity. I de*ply appreciate the support, encouragement, and loyalty from the millions of people who have used the service over the years. I am profoundly proud of what this company has accomplished. We were the first commercial internet privacy service in the world. We created the Kosovo Privacy Project, provided censorship circu*vention services to hundreds of thousands of people in China and Iran, and worked with numerous human rights groups to provide protected communications and safe access to information. We also set up a secure anonymous The landscape for consumer privacy has changed radically since those early days. There are now numerous VPN and privacy services. Modern tracking technologies go far beyond using simple cookies and IP addresses. Users need protection on mobile devices as much or more than on desktops. Over the last decade and more, our focus has shifted to creating high-end capabilities to defeat the most sophisticated