I2P Anonymous Network
http://www.i2p2.de/

I2P is an anonymizing network, offering a simple layer that identity-sensitive applications can use to securely communicate. All data is wrapped with several layers of encryption, and the network is both distributed and dynamic, with no trusted parties. Many applications are available that interface with I2P, including mail, peer-peer, IRC chat, and others. The I2P project was formed in 2003 to support the efforts of those trying to build a more free society by offering them an uncensorable, anonymous, and secure communication system. I2P is a development effort producing a low latency, fully distributed, autonomous, scalable, anonymous, resilient, and secure network. The goal is to operate successfully in hostile environments – even when an organization with substantial financial or political resources attacks it. All aspects of the network are open source and available without cost, as this should both assure the people using it that the software does what it claims, as well as enable others to contribute and improve upon it to defeat aggressive attempts to stifle free speech. Anonymity is not a boolean – we are not trying to make something “perfectly anonymous”, but instead are working at making attacks more and more expensive to mount. I2P is a low latency mix network, and there are limits to the anonymity offered by such a system, but the applications on top of I2P, such as Syndie, I2P mail, and I2PSnark extend it to offer both additional functionality and protection. I2P is still a work in progress. It should not be relied upon for “guaranteed” anonymity at this time, due to the relatively small size of the network and the lack of extensive academic review. It is not immune to attacks from those with unlimited resources, and may never be, due to the inherent limitations of low-latency mix networks. I2P works by routing traffic through other peers with all traffic encrypted end-to-end. For more information about how I2P works, see their Introduction. This will be added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™.

How To Encrypt (almost) Anything Article
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025462/how-to-encrypt-almost-anything.html

An excellent article discussing how to encrypt almost anything by Alex Castle of the business security section in PCWorld. This will be added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™.

IPsec – Internet Protocol Security
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session. IPsec includes protocols for establishing mutual authentication between agents at the beginning of the session and negotiation of cryptographic keys to be used during the session. IPsec can be used in protecting data flows between a pair of hosts (host-to-host), between a pair of security gateways (network-to-network), or between a security gateway and a host (network-to-host). IPsec is an end-to-end security scheme operating in the Internet Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite, while some other Internet security systems in widespread use, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Shell (SSH), operate in the upper layers of the TCP/IP model. Hence, IPsec protects any application traffic across an IP network. Applications do not need to be specifically designed to use IPsec. Without IPsec, the use of TLS/SSL had to be designed into an application to protect the application protocols. This will be added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™.

Bitmessage – P2P Communication Protocol To Send Encrypted Messages
https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page

Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide “non-content” data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs. If Bitmessage is completely new to you, you may wish to start by reading the whitepaper.  This will be added to the P2P Section of Deep Web Research and Discovery Resources 2013 Subject Tracer. This will be added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™.

Awareness Watch Newsletter V11N12 December 2013
http://AwarenessWatch.VirtualPrivateLibrary.net/V11N12.pdf
Awareness Watch™ Newsletter Blog and Archives
http://www.AwarenessWatch.com/

The December 2013 V11N12 Awareness Watch Newsletter is a freely available 56 page .pdf document (412KB) from the above URL. This month’s featured report covers Privacy Resources and Alerts 2014. In todays New Economy we must constantly be diligent in observing the latest privacy resources as well as the appropriate alerts to keep us current in all the various facets of our life including business, academic and special interests. This list of sources is taken from my Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs titled Privacy Rersources and Internet Alerts and are constantly updated with Subject Tracer™ Information Bots (STIB) at the following URLs: http://www.PrivacyResources.info/ and http://www.InternetAlerts.info/. These resources and sources will help you to discover the many existing and new pathways available to you through the Internet to find the latest privacy and alert resources, sources and sites. In today’s New Economy it has become one of the most important areas that we must constantly monitor and implement! The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources including a number of neat and must-have tools! The Awareness Watch Article Review covers 3D Printing Community and Emerging Practices of Peer Production by by Jarkko Moilanen and Tere Vadén.

uProxy – Share Your Pathway To the Internet
http://uproxy.org/

uProxy is a browser extension that lets users share alternative more secure routes to the Internet. It’s like a personalised VPN service that you set up for yourself and your friends. uProxy helps users protect each other from third parties who may try to watch, block, or redirect users’ Internet connections. You might not realise it, but every time you connect to a website, your information takes many steps. For example it may travel from your computer to a Wi-Fi hotspot, to an Internet service provider, then on to an international gateway before arriving at the site. This journey matters because it is at each step that the connection may be blocked, surveilled or misdirected. uProxy lets you provide a pathway for trusted friends to get safer, more private and more reliable access. You give access to a friend by email or chat. By accessing the Internet through uProxy, a friend’s Internet connection is routed through your computer before continuing to the site they are visiting. uProxy helps avoid attacks on your friend’s Internet connection. You can also use uProxy when you are travelling and worried about the security of your Internet connection. By using uProxy to route your connection back to your home computer, you can access the Internet as if you were in your own home. uProxy has been developed at the University of Washington, with help from Brave New Software. The project was seeded by Google Ideas. This will be added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™.

TOR2Web – Onion.to Tor Hidden Services Gateway
https://www.onion.to/

This gateway to Tor hidden services provides convenient access to Tor hidden services. It is a pure proxy that forwards requests to the respective hidden service. We do not store any data and are not liable for the content. No anonymity! Onion.to as a gateway cannot offer any anonymity for the visitor. For example, both onion.to and the hidden service itself can see the visitor’s IP address, and use browser fingerprinting to track users across different sessions. In all cases, it is better to download the Tor Browser Bundle and access the hidden service using Tor (don’t forget to remove the .to from the URL!). This will be added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™.

SafeGov – Promoting Trusted and Responsible Cloud Computing for Government
http://www.safegov.org/

SafeGov.org is a forum for IT providers and leading industry experts dedicated to promoting trusted and responsible cloud computing solutions for the public sector. By fostering a more comprehensive understanding of cloud technologies, including their benefits, capabilities and limitations, SafeGov.org works to empower government users to make well-informed procurement choices from the growing universe of marketplace offerings. SafeGov.org will: a) Propose solutions, best practices and guidance to ensure that public sector customers can seize the advantages of new cloud offerings while mitigating risk; b) Provide detailed information that governments need to make complex decisions about shifting enterprise services to the cloud; c) Provide a comprehensive platform for leading experts and analysts to discuss issues affecting the broader cloud sector; d) Help foster healthy discussions of innovations and advancements in cloud computing by tracking policy developments, news coverage, and expert analysis and research; and e) Promote open competition and safe, secure, and responsible IT practices. The following principles are a foundation for this forum: 1) Data storage and integrity: Government users have the right to know how and where their data is stored and that it is stored without compromising data integrity; 2) Cloud architecture choice: The right for government customers to choose a cloud architecture that best meets their needs; 3) Accurate vendor representations: The commitment of vendors to clearly and accurately represent their capabilities, costs and ability to conform to government standards; 4) Security and privacy: The top priorities for any cloud solution should be to provide maximum security and well-defined privacy policies that reflect the interests of government customers; and 5) Level playing field: The need for open competition based on well-defined implementation and procurement policies. This will be added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™.

A Guide for Guarding Personal Information in the Workplace
http://www.sharefile.com/datasecurity.aspx

It is a common practice for a company to store personal or private information in its files. This information can be as crucial and sensitive as credit card information, social security numbers and other data which directly expose the company’s employees or customers. This type of information is required to complete critical business transactions such as payroll. However, if an unauthorized person gains access to it, it could result in a major loss of privacy and damage to the company and its employees. Considering the financial, moral and psychological consequences of security violations, it is imperative to protect personal information at all times. This has been added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™.

Update>Privacy Resources White Paper Link Dataset Compilation
http://www.PrivacyResources.info/

The white paper link dataset compilation of Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™ by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. is a 31 page .pdf document 251KB. [Updated November 1, 2013]. Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet is a comprehensive listing of privacy resources currently available on the Internet. These include associations, indexes, search engines as well as individual websites and sources that supply the latest technology and information about privacy and how it relates to you and the Internet. This is a MUST reference for today’s New Economy where privacy and security have become major issues!! Keep your privacy and security with this excellent Subject Tracer™. The website and .pdf have been completely updated as of November 1, 2013.