Interview With Shrishail Rana – Tweaking Technologies
This week, we had the opportunity to speak with Shrishail Rana, the Director of Tweaking technologies. We discussed their beginnings, what are some of the worst cyber threats, and how…
Good News for GDPR Enforcement against Cookie Walls, but Also a Dangerous Legal Challenge from WhatsApp
As most people know from bitter personal experience, one of the most tiresome aspects of moving around the web is the constant barrage of pop-ups, asking whether the user agrees…
Instant Messaging Apps: How Private Are They & What Alternatives Are There?
Instant secure communication is a basic expectation in the 21st century. It's a way of keeping in touch with friends, family, work colleagues, and casual drinking buddies — without the…
Interview With Anand Naik – Sequretek
This week we had the pleasure of meeting Anand Naik, Co-founder of Sequretek - a company that develops AI-based products for cyber-security purposes. We talked about different cyber threats and…
Interview With Reinard Mortlock – Livex
Livex is a solution that takes your business to the next level with a custom software solution that will help you get more done so you can focus on growing…
Here Comes the Digital Markets Act, Important New Legislation From the EU Boosting Privacy and Interoperability
Back in June 2021, this blog noted that there were two important proposals for new laws moving their way through the European Union's legislative system. One, the Digital Services Act…
Interview With Elena Elkina – Women in Security and Privacy
Private Internet Access recently sat down with Elena Elkina, Co-Founder of Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) and asked her how her organization empowers women to succeed in the cybersecurity…
How to Hide from Facial Recognition Software with Fawkes
I recently wrote about constructing a fake persona to hide your identity online. I’ll admit that for most people, it’s a lot of trouble to go through. In most cases,…
Interview With Adrian Furtuna – Pentest-Tools.com
We recently sat down with Adrian Furtuna, Founder of Pentest-Tools.com, and he told us that he started his company because he wanted to be able to automate pen testing so…
How to Create a Convincing Persona to Hide Your Identity Online
Peter Steiner's cartoon "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is The New Yorker's most reprinted drawing since they first published it in 1993. Forget the expertly illustrated political sketches,…
Interview With Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh – UWF Center for Cybersecurity
We recently interviewed Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh, Professor and Associate Director at the Center for Cybersecurity at the University of West Florida. He told us how the global supply chain is…
If You Think Facebook is Bad for Privacy, Wait Until You See Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
Since Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be rebranded as Meta to emphasize a new focus on virtual reality (VR), it has been hard to avoid hearing about the "metaverse".…
Private Internet Access VPN Issues Update to Protect Users Against Apache Log4j/Log4Shell Exploit
On December 9, 2021, a zero-day vulnerability was disclosed in the open-source Apache library in one of its Java-logging frameworks – Log4j 2, with the vulnerability being named “Log4Shell”. Cybersecurity agencies around the world are correctly calling this a massive,…
Disagreeable, Lazy, and an Addict – What Genetic Tests Can Tell an Employer or a Partner
Warning: This post contains uncomfortable levels of personal information. My name is David Rutland. I’m the managing editor of PIA's blog, and I suppose this is as good an introduction…
Schrems vs. DPC Battle Heats Up, as New Document Suggests Irish Privacy Body Tried to Weaken GDPR
The privacy campaigner Max Schrems has been doggedly fighting to force Facebook to respect EU users' privacy for nearly a decade now. As this blog has reported, there have been…