Privacy tools:  

• Keep your email private
• Keep your web surfing private
• Privacy tips and guides
• Privacy watchdogs
• Do your own spying

Email Privacy

• Pretty Good Privacy              It scrambles your email into an unreadable gibberish that can only be unlocked by you or someone you authorize.  A free version is available or you can purchase a souped-up version for about $60. You can also get an authorized free version from MIT.
• Secret Mail  is easy to use because you simply "drop" your secret messages into SecretMails enveloppes and they are sent encrypted.
• ZipLip Delete email from your server and your recipients' servers as well.

Surf anonymously:

Freedom        The best way to surf secretly
MailAnon
AnonMail
Anonymizer         Surf the web without being identified
Lucent Personalized Assistant        Tired of filling in all those subscription and password forms. This free program allows you to do it all automatically
WebAnonymous      Surf and email anonymously

Cookie monsters:
Cookie monster         Block out those cookies
Cookie cutter

Privacy Guides and Tips

• Consumer Project on Technology    Headed up by James Love and Ralph Nader
• Watch your  Back  ZDnet's guide and tips
• Enonymous   Plug in rates privacy of web sites.  Check out a web site before it records information on you

Spy tools

• Eblaster   Lets you become an electronic spy by monitoring the online activities of your friends, employees, and children.Provides information about a user's online activities, including screenshots of sites visited and a list of Web sites visited. Costs $59.95 US.
• See also How companies spy on you

JNet's Main Spy Page