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Apr 30th, 2008, 16:03
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| absconding member  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Vienna, Austria
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| Portable Internet programs for online security I gathered together a bunch of portable Internet programs and tools to check out the computer you're using in an Internet café. As well as Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin (formerly Gaim) and CCleaner, I added a number of other programs which will make the use of a public computer a safer and more secure experience. There are two versions - one for the more technical types, which includes KeePass, Neo's SafeKeys, KeyScrambler, TCP View, Hostess and ClamWin AV, and another for the ungeeky (ordinary users who just want to send messages, check online banking, etc) which has only KeePass secure password store and Neo's SafeKeys (an onscreen keyboard which is safe from keyboard-event-capture trojan horses, unlike Windows' built-in mouse keyboard). Each should give you a layer of protection from password-stealing software installed on the computer you are using, and each will run from your USB flash drive without being logged in as an administrator. Both versions have my own help document (16 pages in PDF) with guidance for the programs' use, and other tips on staying safe online. It's all contained in a little launcher, which speeds up selecting the various programs. It is entirely free to use and contains free and - as far as possible - open-source software. Read more about it here: http://www.tokezone.net/cafeklysm/
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Apr 30th, 2008, 16:36
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| Member  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bangalore, India
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|  Here is a member we have not seen around for a long long time. Welcome back  |
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Apr 30th, 2008, 16:41
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| This is just a cameo appearance  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| No longer absconding, eh? Quick, Nab that man!  Welcome back to a founder member! |
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Apr 30th, 2008, 16:46
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| brother my cup is empty member  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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| WB, MT Hope you've been well; your site's looking good, and that looks like a nifty package you devised.
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Apr 30th, 2008, 20:32
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| absconding member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Vienna, Austria
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| Hello there, guys! I'm only out for exercise at present - with a 24-hour pass for the Mayday holiday. Then it's back in for more therapy.  I'm not sure if I can/should shoulder a title such as "founder member," Nick. "Old Fart Member" might be a better category. I know people like to see screenshots of software, so here is one of the basic version of the security package I cobbled together:  Based on what I took with me on my 2007-8 India trip, it's got all you need to browse to sites, enter passwords safely using a mouse keyboard and clean your traces afterwards. There's my help file included. The price is right as well... Cheers! |
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Apr 30th, 2008, 22:47
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California
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| Nice to see you, MT! The software looks interesting; I have it bookmarked to view later. |
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May 2nd, 2008, 14:53
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| absconding member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Vienna, Austria
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| Hi, wonderwomanusa - it's been a while, hasn't it? I hope you are still enjoying India, your cat(s) and Philip Glass. |
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May 2nd, 2008, 15:00
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| Hey Toker, long time... ! Great compilation. Even beats the legendary Do-it-Yourself money belt
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May 2nd, 2008, 18:04
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| brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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|  Quote:
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May 2nd, 2008, 20:59
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| absconding member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Vienna, Austria
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I'm happy you like the software assortment. It does of course have some things in common with the money belt: it's something that stops criminals, it's easy to use day-by-day, it looks a bit retro... On the other hand, the money belt didn't need updating - only when its zipper wore out | |
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May 2nd, 2008, 21:10
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Holland
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| Hey MT. The moneybelt does also need updating! The stitches you used are so out of fashion you know! J/K. I like the thing you did there |
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May 2nd, 2008, 21:12
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| brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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| Speaking of which, I had finally been going through Ivan's links recently... Impressive collection, yes. |
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May 2nd, 2008, 21:28
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| Left this for-um Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Unspecified
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I just put the link to Tokers caffeKlysm on the list though. | |
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May 2nd, 2008, 23:28
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| brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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| Oh, didn't check if they were all still functional, of course. A lot of them seemed to be. Was thinking putting each section in alphabetical order might be useful. There are programs out there that'll check if your links are active and manage them accordingly I believe (memorizing them too to see if they go up again), don't know too much about it. Probably commercial ware. |
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May 6th, 2008, 22:05
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| absconding member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Vienna, Austria
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|  Updated cafeKlysm full version available Updated version of cafeKlysm available: cafeKlysm "Typhoon" (full version) updated to 1.0.6 What's changed? Mozilla Thunderbird portable was updated from version 2.0.0.12 to 2.0.0.14 (cafeKlysm "Breeze" is unaffected) http://www.tokezone.net/cafeklysm/ |
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