Are You Leaving Your Security in the Hands of your Web Browser
Online privacy company announces user-friendly tools to help you protect your own online life.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PRWEB) March 18, 2005 -- While this story made
headlines, (http://news.com.com/Can+Firefox+outfox+IE+in+browser+wars/2030-1069_3-5616002.html)
online privacy company, Metropipe announced the release of a multi-platform
(Windows, OSX, Linux) supported, ‘Tunneler’ v2.1 enabling every internet user to
protect their privacy on the Internet encrypting web, chat, email, and other
Internet traffic. Alongside will be a free download specifically for Mozilla
Firefox users, the ‘Privacy Toolbar’ which includes a complete set of privacy
and security tools within immediate access, giving you instant security controls
with just a mouse click.
The Tunneler is a graphical interface compatible
with multiple platforms (Win, OSX, Linux) which creates an encrypted channel or
“tunnel” between your computer and the Metropipe proxy servers throughout the
world. Once installed, your web browsing and all internet activities that you
send through it are encrypted between your machine and Metropipe, leaving your
machine anonymous. This protects you from the many prying eyes out there. The
‘Tunneler’ is controlled by its own application, a simple program that gives you
the freedom to turn it On and Off as you please, and automatically configures
your web browsers (Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox) proxies.
The
perfect companion for the Tunneler is the ‘Privacy Toolbar’. This is
specifically for Mozilla Firefox users who are tired of digging around in
‘Preferences' menus or editing complicated configuration settings. It’s
developed for Metropipe customers but usable for anyone who is concerned about
privacy and security while surfing the net. It allows you to easily disable
cookies, javascript, cache, images, referrer, and IDN Exploit Fix, along with
faking your browser type. These are just a few of the features offered. The
‘Tunneler’ is not required to use this tool and it’s free to download.
Technical Support Administrator, Gman had to say “Nowadays, it’s not
unusual for ISP’s to track what you’re doing online, it’s up to you to protect
your own privacy. It seems that everyone is watching and
listening.”
Metropipe has long been developing privacy products to help
you protect yourself instead of leaving it up to the powers at be. The ‘Tunneler
v.2.1’ and the free ‘Privacy Toolbar’ will directly influence the now common,
tracking and logging done by ISPs, not to mention, protection from hack
attempts. Just a few months ago, this group of developers and designers made
Slashdot news with the release of their PVPM (Portable Virtual Private Machine).
A completely virtual Linux machine which enables you to carry your entire
Internet communication system on a tiny USB drive, completely encrypted. All
Metropipe products are 100% open source. It’ll be exciting to see what other
privacy products are on the horizon for 2005.
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