What Is Identity Theft and How Does It Happen?
Picture this: You apply for a new line of credit and it’s declined by your financial provider because your credit score has hit the floor. Alarm bells start to ring…
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Web Filtering: How It Works and the Main Types Explained
When you visit a website, access may be allowed or blocked based on rules applied somewhere between your device and the internet. But how does that process work, and where…
Real or Fake? How to Spot a VPN Scam
Every VPN claims to protect your privacy, but not all of them do. With more and more VPN scams cropping up online all the time, it’s essential to be able…
What Is GPS Spoofing and How Does It Work?
Some apps and games use your phone’s location to decide what content or features you can see. If you want an app to think you’re somewhere else, you might find…
Chrome Proxy Settings: How to Set Up, Check, and Change a Proxy
If Chrome won’t connect because of a proxy error, your organization requires a proxy, or you want websites to see a different IP address, you’ll need to change the proxy…
What Is Rate Limiting? How It Works and Why It Happens
If you see an “HTTP 429: Too Many Requests” error, or a message asking you to try again later, the service you’re using may have applied a rate limit. The…
RSA Encryption: Asymmetric Cryptography for Data Authenticity and Integrity
The RSA encryption method is a form of asymmetric cryptography, also called public-key cryptography, that uses a pair of mathematically linked keys so that encrypted data can only be read…
What Is WWW2? A Guide to Website Subdomains
On occasion, when you visit a website you might notice something slightly strange in the address. Rather than seeing the standard “www” in the URL, the domain prefix could read…
What Is PKI? How Certificates Establish Digital Trust
When you connect to your bank's website, send an encrypted email, or install new software, how do you know you're actually dealing with the real thing and not an impostor?…
What Is a Reverse Proxy?
A reverse proxy is a server that sits between the internet and a website’s backend servers, managing and controlling incoming traffic on the website’s behalf. You might never see a…