Well I read through Little Brother Privacy’s website and tried it out, and I’ve concluded that this program is the real deal. I downloaded the program and put it through all the motions, and I have been very impressed with it. To sum it up, the program works beautifully. There are two main functions to the program, the scanning function, and the real-time monitor. For ease of reading I have broken up my review into sections for each major element of the program.
Scanning function - To put it simply, the scanning engine is awesome. It is incredibly fast, taking just a few seconds, and in that time it found over 200 objects on my system! One of the features I like the most is that it detects and removes Flash Cookies. The program removes all Flash Cookies, government or commercial, under the (correct) logic that anything other than a Flash object installing Flash Cookies should be considered malicious. After scanning the program allows you to view a report that breaks up intrusions by Browser Traces, Government Tracking Objects, and Hidden Flash Objects. The scanning engine does a fantastic job scanning and removing any installed government tracking object, or Flash Cookie from your system.
Real-time monitor – This is my favorite feature of the program, it runs in the background of your system and blocked any government tracking objects from installing on your system, before they can compromise your privacy. I tested it out by going to a seemingly harmless government website: The US Mint. The moment I accessed the site, the Little Brother Privacy icon in my system tray popped up a warning that said “Little Brother Privacy has BLOCKED an intrusion into your system!” That was pretty powerful for me, it’s like catching them in the act of trying to track your computer! The other nice thing about the real-time monitor is that it uses very little system resources. It only uses about 10 MB of RAM, and didn’t interfere with any of my other security and anti-virus programs.
Interface – The interface of Little Brother Privacy is very simple, clean, and easy to use. The controls and menu’s are intuitive and self-explanatory, you don’t have to be a computer expert to be able to work it. The program runs automatically when you turn on your computer, so you don’t have to worry about running anything, just install it and your good to go. The program sites quietly in your system tray, alerting you to any intrusions, and you can simply click the icon to bring up the options and preferences.
To sum things up, this is a great program. It is easy to use, efficient, effective, and I highly recommend it. For the peace of mind and security you get from the program, I think it is well worth it. You’ll be amazed to see how many times it pops up that it has blocked an intrusion. I found out that you don’t even have to visit a government web site to have these tracking objects installed on your computer. Even using a simple search engine like Google or Yahoo is enough to get them, and Little Brother Privacy protects you no matter what site you visit.
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