Privacy for People Who Don't Show Their Navels?

"While the online world is full of those who happily post pictures of themselves and their navels for all to see," according to the New York Times, anonymous Internet browsing from such as Tor and Anonymizer is quietly on the upswing, although, amusingly enough, no one is quite sure to what extent since the anonymous browsers are, well, anonymous.

Aside from standard-fare 1990's era cuckolding housewives and executive assistant baiting husbands seeking to escape detection, divorce and possibly alimony; in addition to underage sexual stalker-types perusing or pursuing content of an explicitly youthful nature, it seems there are a few new additions to the cover your tracks crowd:

• Illegal Music swappers
  
• Bloggers in repressive regimes
  
• Safeguarders of spam-laden email in-boxes
  
• Those protecting sensitive financial and personal information from increasingly sophisticated phishers, hackers and online con men and women of every stripe.
  

Of note, the Times yet again proves its overtly liberal bias, leaving out all mention of terrorists who, presumably, desire anonymous surfing as well, but is partially redeemed by also neglecting to mention the many, many of us who increasingly feel the need to protect ourselves from the increasingly inquisitive eyes and ears of the Bush administration.

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