The Best & Worst States in America for Online Privacy (2023 Update)
How Online Privacy Laws Stack Up Across the United States Cybercrime in the US is expected to cost $10 trillion by 2025. In response to this and other factors, such…
How to Secure A Facebook Account in 2023
Facebook is a fast and easy way to connect with friends, family, and like-minded people. Anyone can find a group to join or a place to fit in. You can…
Louisiana Mandates ID Verification for Pornography Online – 11 Other States Follow Suit
Preventing children from accessing adult material is well-intentioned, but politicians and legislators often go the wrong way about it. UK, Australian, and German authorities previously investigated implementing measures to prevent…
We Need Privacy Laws for the Metaverse and We Need Them Now
Back in December 2021, we discussed the potential privacy risks of the metaverse on the PIA blog, the current term for what used to be called virtual reality. It might…
Can You Get a Perfect March Madness Bracket This Season?
You’re more likely to date a supermodel, become a president of the United States, or even win the lottery than score a perfect March Madness bracket. According to the NCAA,…
Why Smart Speaker Privacy Might Be the Next Big Data Collection Scandal
It was over five years ago that we first warned about an imminent invasion of “listening, eavesdropping, spying things” in the form of so-called “smart” speakers. The cosy term “smart”…
Stop Watching Ads on YouTube — Donate and De-Google Instead
Time is money, especially when it comes to YouTube ads. But contrary to popular belief, most video influencers don’t make a living through ad revenue. According to Influencer Marketing Hub,…
Best Football Movies To Get You Pumped Up For Super Bowl LVII
The Super Bowl is around the corner and this list is bound to help you tap into your football spirit. The NFL revealed 99.18 million people in the United States…
ChatGPT Is a Privacy Disaster Waiting To Happen
To say that the AI-based chatbot ChatGPT is making headlines around the world would be something of an understatement. Every day, people are finding new ways to apply its amazing…
Do Vegans Hate Veganuary? Some, Yes — But You Don’t Have To
Born in 2014, the Veganuary challenge — aka vegan January — attracts people who want to try a different diet, lower their carbon footprint, or simply start the new year…
How to Make Your Own VPN – It’s Not As Easy As Some Tutorials Make It Look
If you’ve ever been curious about making your own VPN, this article is for you. Maybe you’re up for the challenge of creating a completely customized VPN or you’ve been…
UK Government Is Engaged in Large-Scale Surveillance of Social Media
New US And EU Laws Bring Risks To Privacy The UK civil rights group Big Brother Watch has published a major new document about the UK government's surveillance of social…
EU to Use ePrivacy and GDPR to Tackle Illegal Cookie Walls
One of the biggest criticisms of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is that it has led to a plague of annoying pop-ups and Web pages requesting permission to…
The Best Super Bowl Ads of All Time
From 2010-2022, the average cost of a commercial during the Super Bowl rose by roughly $4 million. Yet, companies seem almost happy to obtain an advertising spot, even with the…
Socks5 VPN: What It Is & Why PIA Is the Best
Replace your IP address without sacrificing speeds via secure login with a SOCKS5 proxy. The latest SOCKS technology, SOCKS5, includes secure sign-in to your proxy server. Using SOCKS5 has become…