I’ve blogged about many security and privacy issues over the years and I’m always on the lookout for new tools that will help me protect my privacy and keep ‘the man’ from snooping on what I do online. DemocraKey.com popped up on my radar and I checked out the website to see what it actually offers. DemocraKey is a small collection of tools bundled up to run on any flash media or even your ipod. The applications included are Clamwin (virus scanner) Torpark (private browsing) and Thunderbird with a GPG plugin to allow secure email transmission. It’s a 50mb download so it should fit on almost any removable flash media you may have.

Imagine carrying a portable security suite with you wherever you go. Walk up to any computer, quickly scan it for viruses, and then defeat any internet access blocks to view any website you want anonymously. It’s here, and the DemocraKey 2.0 Lite let’s you have it on your iPod.

I’ve used TorPark and some Portable Apps for several years and think they’re both great projects. Torpark takes a great privacy tech in Tor and bundles it with every geek’s favorite web browser Firefox which produces an incredibly easy to use private browsing experience. No configuring proxies, no funny business, just launch the browser and wait a few seconds for the Tor circuit to initialize and you’re off browsing.

Features

* Protect your computer from viruses with a security enhanced version of Firefox
* Visit sites that are blocked by your school/employer/government
* Hide your internet actions with Tor
* Encrypt personal emails with GPG
* Scan your computer with portable built in Antivirus software
* Runs from any portable media – iPod, USB key, Digital Camera…
* It’s FREE and Open Source!