How to Unblock Instagram at School
Imagine this: it’s been a long morning at school and you take out your phone to relax. You wait 30 seconds, but your Instagram feed isn’t loading. Your school could…
Mental Health Apps Are Not As Private As You Think
Mental health apps have been in demand for a while now, but since the pandemic, their popularity grew by over 500%. I downloaded and used a few myself — mainly…
The Next Level of Surveillance: Real-Time AI Detection of Emotions in Video Streams
Surveillance once meant large-scale government spying on citizens, mostly to identify criminal activity, such as terrorism. But things have advanced quite a lot now. Surveillance has even moved into the…
Interview With Benedict Jones – Traced
Our interview with Benedict Jones, CEO and Co-Founder of Traced, was a fascinating one. We learned all about his company's Trustd MTD app that they developed throughout the pandemic. Private…
How New Copyright Laws Threaten Privacy and Freedom of Speech
There’s a new US bill that everyone in the privacy world should know about — it goes by the name of “Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of…
Interview With Marco DeMello – PSafe
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing PSafe’s CEO Marco DeMello. We asked him about his company’s dfndr security application and enterprise. Private Internet Access: What motivated you to start…
How to File Taxes Online Securely in 2022
Oh no, it’s that time of the year again – tax season. Time to break out the calculator and navigate through complex Internet Revenue Service (IRS) instructions! You might get…
Get Google out of Your Mobile Life with /e/OS
Digital privacy is a human right. But we’re being spied on more than we may realize. Android phone users are particularly at-risk of watchful eyes, even with customized software. Not…
How to Escape The ‘Smartphone Duopoly’ of Apple & Google with Sailfish OS
There’s a shocking lack of diversity in the smartphone market. Either you’re boasting an iPhone in your pocket or you’re carrying around an Android. But Google spies on your stuff,…
Google’s Radar Chip: Real-Time Biometric Data Collection
Digital surveillance comes in many forms. The traditional kind, where governments spy on you as you move around the Internet, is the easiest to take measures against. A good VPN…
Securing Your Accounts Is Difficult. This Is What You Should Know About Multi-Factor Authentication.
Security isn’t something you can compromise on in the 21st century. Without it, your bank accounts would be drained, your identity would probably be stolen, and your sensitive files would…
Clearview AI Fined in Italy, Starts Scanning Dead Russian Soldiers in Ukraine
Ever since the facial recognition company Clearview AI appeared from nowhere two years ago, it has remained at the leading edge of its field, not least in terms of ethics.…
Phishing, Smishing & Vishing: What You Need to Know & How to Protect Yourself
My career is about to take off — at least it is if I was to believe the number of companies looking at my LinkedIn profile over the past few…
How a Few Thoughtless Words about Privacy Led to Huge Political and Economic Headaches for the US and EU
One of the most surprising developments in recent years is how privacy - something that by definition is about small, intimate things – has become a major global force in…
Surprisingly, the UK Has a Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner: He’s Rather Good
CCTV surveillance has been covered many times on PIA blog. Most of the stories are depressing tales of increased surveillance and loss of privacy. One of the worst offenders in…