The internet puts your privacy at risk. Two main threats to your privacy are search and social networking.

This is especially true for activists, and effects many thousands of Bristolians/
Thankfully we can fix the search problem easily in just a few moments. Using the http://www.scroogle.org/ you will still get Google search results, just without the spying.

Chrome — Wrench icon > Options > Default search Manage > Add. Paste https://ssl.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbwssl.cgi?Gw=%s

Firefox — and Microsoft IE7 / IE8 — download the plugin for your browser from here http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=scroogle

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Social networking is a little more complex. There is a promising project just launched to solve the problem, and they are looking for cash to fund the development. If you have a few quid spare then why not donate a little. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-...distr

Check out the video for a fascinating if somewhat geeky analysis of how to solve some of the privacy problems the internet architecture has created.