About the Keyword Alert
When a nym is selected, Freedom® scans outgoing Internet traffic for potentially sensitive information. Sensitive information is defined as words contained in the Keyword Alert list. Freedom alerts you if it detects that you are about to release sensitive information and lets you choose how to proceed. The Keyword Alert List applies globally to all nyms for all outgoing email, web requests, web forms, news postings, and IRC connections. Tasks related to the Keyword Alert are listed below.

To open the Keyword Alert dialog box, open the Preferences dialog box and click Keyword Alert.
IMPORTANT: The Keyword Alert feature only scans plain, unencrypted text.
- It is not case sensitive; it detects john doe as easily as JOHN DOE.
- It searches for exact text matches. You should include variations of some pieces of information. For example, if you include an address, such as "1234 Main Street", you should also add an entry as "1234 Main", to prevent the shorter address from being ignored
- It is unable to scan binary (non-ASCII) email attachments, therefore you must make sure that any attachments you send do not reveal any information that could reveal your identity.
- It is unable to scan encrypted data, such as the secure (SSL) website forms used with e-commerce and banking sites.
- It may not detect an automatically generated signature, such as a .sig file or a cryptographic signature. You should either disable automatic signatures, or make sure that the file does not contain information that could reveal your identity
- The Keyword Alert feature can be fooled—typos, word variations, and abbreviations can all be misleading. Therefore, it should only be used to prevent the accidental release of personal information. It should not be considered a "first line of defence" when protecting personal information.
What do you want to do?
Add information to the Keyword Alert list
Remove information from the Keyword Alert List
Edit information in the Keyword Alert List
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