[ t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s ] 01 - table of contents 02 - introduction 03 - first tips 04 - about proxies 05 - cookies 06 - ftp transfers 07 - secure transactions 08 - SSL tunelling 09 - anonymity on irc 10 - mail crypto (and pgp usage) 11 - icq privacy 12 - spyware 13 - cleaning tracks 14 - ending words [ introduction ] Nowadays, everyone wants privacy on the web, because no matter where you go, someone could be watching you. Someone like your employer, someone trying to hack your system, companies gathering all your info to sell to yet other companies, or even the government, may be on your track while you peacefully surf the web. Thus, anonymity on the web means being able tu use all of its services with no concern about someone snooping on your data. Your computer being connected to the net has an IP [Internet Protocol] address. If you have a dial-up connection, then your IP changes every time you connect to the internet (this is not always