[Tfug] debian 4 security

[Ronald Sutherland]

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:16 PM, eric christian <ericdanc at alice-dsl.net>
wrote:

> Several security scan tests have grumbled about my browser, Mozilla/5.0
> (iceweasel/2.0.0.12) which came with Etch, for example:
>
>
>
> *Danger!*
> While visiting web sites your browser reveals private information about
> you and your computer. It sends information about previous sites you
> have visited. It may also save special cookies on your hard drive that
> have the purpose of directing advertising or finding out your habits
> while web surfing.
>
> I do accept cookies because making exceptions like in vista is such a
> hassle. Is there a more secure Mozilla or non-Mozilla?
> Eric
>

its the cookies that ID you... so use a different user when you doing
banking... and yet another when doing the stuff you are concerned about
someone finding out.
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