Thanks for the reminder about diceware. When I was first pointed to it, I was very new, and it seemed a bit beyond me. Time for another read, I think

Originally posted here by Tedob1
Get a copy on bugnosis from privacy.org installed. this will alert you to web-bugs and such. delete the .dat file hiding in your temporary internet files, this does not get deleted when you clean out this directory and keeps a record of where you go. And then, if your really feeling frisky find all the places windows hides the list of sites you visit, in the system registry and lose them. do a search for antionline in the reg., etc.

then of course there's physical security, secured doors and windows, dont have your monitor face the window and avoid reflective surfaces in the room. an electrically charged wire mesh should encompass the area the computer is in as the emf generated by the moniter can be used to reproduce screen shots. Do frequent volt and ohm readings on your phone line and watch for changes. each phone on the circuit has about 500 ohms in the ringing coil. If you phone gives part of a ring when you hang up. destroy everything cause thats a wire tap.

And if you still have time left...please have a talk to all the users on my network. they havn't a clue..... just kidding about the physical security, thats not absolutly necessary, well some of it.

Thanks for the tips, especially about bugnosis. On the subject of index.dat files, I am in the habit of writing out their location then rebooting into DOS to delete them manually. Would this be effective in getting rid of them?
As it happens, my monitor does face away from the window and is not near any reflective surfaces.