It appears MSN has completely taken over Hotmail accounts. In the past Hotmail was said to provide the most thorough anonymity while MSN email left more readily detectable tracks to originator. So is the anonymity of the MSN-Hotmail accounts now greatly, or partly or even fully cut out? Even the front page of the accounts makes it clear as of late today that MSN is now in charge.
MSN-Hotmail Anonymity
by book_friend 7 Replies latest jw friends
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SlayerLayer
MSN has owned Hotmail for quite a while. The recent changes that I've noticed appear to be cosmetic. I haven't really looked at it too closly though. I'm not sure when Microsoft bought Hotmail, but I know that it has been at least a couple of years.
SlayerLayer---God was my co-pilot, but we crashed in the snowy mountains and I had to eat him.
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fodeja
book_friend,
Slayer is right, Hotmail has been part of the MS(N) empire for something like two years now. AFAIK, they have always added the sender's IP address to every message header. IP addresses aren't like SSNs, but they can at least give hints about the general area where you are living. In some cases, an IP addresse (or more precisely, the associated hostname) is enough to track down your workplace, company, department and so on.
If you want maximum anonymity, I would recommend Hushmail ( http://www.hushmail.com).
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slipnslidemaster
There are also anonymizer sites out there that will strip alot of the traceable information away from your web session.
Try: http://www.anonymizer.com/
BEWARE the Microsoft sites. They do, will and have your information that can track you. They are just as bad as the WT in my opinion.
Slipnslidemaster: "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. "
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reagan_oconnor
Another good site for "anonymous surfing" is www.safeweb.com. I tested posting to this site while inside safeweb, and after 2 posts I was "blocked." No big deal.
It's good for surfing job sites such as monster.com or joboptions.com if your IS department is nosy and tracks your steps. Their logs only show that you accessed safeweb.com. There's a whole article about privacy in the most recent issue of maximum pc (www.maximumpc.com).
Cheers,
Reagan
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slipnslidemaster
Reagan, is that your real picture? If so, you look alot like Grace from Will & Grace.
Slipnslidemaster: "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. "
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reagan_oconnor
Heya, slip:
I've got her hair, but I'm not NEARLY that skinny. Much more curvaceous, thankyouveddymuch!!
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slipnslidemaster
Either way, you are a hottie.
yummy, yum, yum.
Slipnslidemaster: "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. "
- Martin Luther King Jr.