Dear Lifehacker, I’m concerned that I’m being monitored at work, but I’m not sure how to tell. I don’t think my employers have installed anything on my computer, but does that matter? Also, if I am being monitored, is there anything I can do about it? I’m not really doing anything wrong, but I don’t like anyone looking over my shoulder.
Chrome/Firefox: HTTPS Everywhere is a simple extension that, with just a one-click installation, can seriously increase your security on over 1400 websites by encrypting your connection.
Dear Lifehacker, After reading how easy it is for someone else to get onto my Wi-Fi network and thinking about how often I let my friends connect to my wireless network, I want to lock down the rest of my network so people connected to it can’t go snooping around my computers — or at least secure my most super secret files and folders. What’s the best way to go about this?
Neko.io is a strange social network in that it’s a social network that relies on other social networks to work. It’s the digital equivalent of having a secret language or encryption system only your friends know, letting you communicate in plain sight of everyone, but only having certain people understand it.
iOS: VPN service Hotspot Shield can already encrypt your browsing and keep you safe when using public Wi-Fi on your computer, but this morning the service announced a new mobile app for private and secure internet use wherever you use your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
Google will start redirecting searches through a secured, encrypted HTTPS connection for logged in users, starting today. (If it’s not happening to you right away, it likely will in the next week or so.)
Windows, Mac, and Linux: BoxCryptor is an easy to use file encryption program that encrypts data on the fly on Windows using AES-256 encryption and supports encrypted folder mounting on Mac OS X and Linux. The program is ideal for Dropbox users.
Encipher.it encrypts sensitive data — like credit card info — so you can send an email and only the recipient can decypher it with the correct password.
