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Online Privacy Guide
By Courtney Attwood, Help Channel
April 28, 1999 1:55 PM PT
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Arm yourself with know-how and tools to defend your online privacy with this dynamite guide. Includes tips and tricks for surfing undercover, keeping your e-mail from prying eyes, and preventing spammers from finding you.

Does it bug you that amateur hackers can rifle through your mail? How do you like being targeted by online solicitors? Without taking security precautions on the Net, your personal information, e-mail address, and surfing habits can become public information. This pack of how-to's will help you protect your identity, and show you some online guerilla tactics for fighting back.

First, you'll find a bag of tricks in our E-Mail Privacy Guide to keep sneaks from reading the messages you send from home and work.

Next, we'll show you how to Browse Undercover. Leave those relentless online salesmen in the dust with these tricks for setting up bogus passwords, surfing the Web anonymously, and avoiding cookies that track your every move.

If you've already experienced unsolicited commercial e-mail you need to know 10 easy ways to out-wit spammers, scamsters, and stalkers in Eliminate Net Security Fears. Ready to get really tough? Beat 'em at their own game with our Slam That Spam cookbook.

Lastly, if our Privacy Pack doesn't give you everything you need, you can get personal help in our one-and-only Internet Answers discussion forum. Our sysops are ready to solve your dilemmas and give beginner advice every day.