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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…