Find people
Cameo
An account lets you search the UK electoral roll. 

Otherwise - 192.com

Phonebooks
 Infobel brings you a database of online telephone directories

 Know UK
Search essential & exclusive sources e.g. Who's Who (subscription)
also Biography - biogs of international figures		 Ask an Expert
Volunteer "experts" answer questions on anything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to chemical engineering.

 
Search police reports from the Metropolitan Police. Celebrities
 Address.com gives you official contacts for celebrities		 Expert Witness
Finds "court room" experts in professional areas.		 International Name
Variations
Provides spelling variations for names Romanised from other languages. e.g. the six ways to spell "Dimitri".
Friends Reunited
Do not write this site off as trivial. It can be a very useful research tool. The biographical notes can provide good search keywords.		 Amazon Wish lists Tailor-made teen network site search

search myspace, livejournal and xanga (replace "whatever")
Online communities
Search message Boards
Use this search to find message boards on Google. 		 Search Yahoo groups
Use this to search Yahoo Groups with Google. 

See also UK Yahoo and Lycos groups.

 Google Newsgroups
Billions of messages sent since 1980. 
UK Newsgroups Mailgate 
Mail2Web 
News-reader 		Harley's helps you to find newsgroups.

see also: Microsoft and Cyberfiber.
Business research
Companies House
Incl. the Disqualified Director list. The paid service is fantastic! 		Intl Business Registers

See also, Forums like Silicon Investor and Raging Bull  Also, specialist services like Edgar Online

 UK Data
subscribe and get company reports, CCJ details and international company information 		Background Check
for personal details, addresses & criminal records of US citizens.
Security and anonymity online 

Zonealarm
 free firewall stopping unauthorised access to your PC. See also Outpost

Secure Email
Your IP address and ISP's name show up in emails you send. Hushmail & Gmail will hide this information from recipients.		 Online Virus Scan
 Free online check for the latest viruses - no need to install any software.		 Change Flash Security Settings
 Your browser isn't the only thing that collects cookies. Flash does too. 

Privacy Test

Your IP address (displayed in the image above) traces back to your Internet connection and can allow sites you visit to identify you. Click here to see this page using the Anonymizer proxy
Anonymous Proxies
 As you surf the net, websites can read details about your computer. Similar information is divulged in emails. To hide these details, use a proxy service like Megaproxy & Anonymouse.		 A Secure Browser
Torpark uses an anonymous connection to the Net and, as it can be installed and run from a USB card, it doesn't store traces of your surfing on the C drive. However, it may not work through a company firewall.		 Hidden Data Revealed
The authorship of electronic documents is often hidden away in the code. Discover the risks in various media and the opportunities for hackers and investigators.

How the Iraq dossier plagiarism was discovered.

 ihackstuff
How anyone can use search engines to open up web sites, find credit card details, passwords, hidden documents etc.
Verify Email 
Quickly check whether an email address is real without having to send an email yourself. 		PGP (a free program) Create a password "key" that lets you encrypt data files and text. Swap keys with friends to exchange encrypted emails.  Secure Tunneling is an option for sensitive research work. All communications between your computer and the proxy server are scrambled. Cryptome
Cryptography, espionage & intrigue!

 

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