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Firefox Lightbeam – Visually Seeing the Benefits of Privacy in Real Time

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 by Derek Zimmer

Back in our Firefox Hardening guide, we talked about installing the extension Firefox Lightbeam. What is Lightbeam? Lightbeam is an app that gives you a visual graph of what your…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Guides

How to stop Chrome running in the background

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 by Jayson Q.

With the changes to Chrome 69 (Chrome 69.0.3497.81 to be precise), Google pushed out a change which stealthily signs you into the Chrome application. This means that all your browsing…

Categories: General Privacy News, Guides

Windows 10 Privacy Settings: What To Turn Off and Why

Updated on Jun 10, 2026 by Shauli Zacks

When Windows 10 was released, it was a forward-thinking operating system that was supposed to learn about your habits to increase productivity and make your life easier. To that end,…

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How to improve your security with better passwords

Updated on Jan 23, 2024 by Jayson Q.

Passwords are one of the easiest (and first) ways to fail. We're always told to have secure password but not told how to make one or why. It might shock…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Guides

How to improve your gaming experience with a VPN

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 by Jayson Q.

There are many webpages that you can read online which will detail why you should use a VPN whilst gaming with claims such as it will solve latency (ping) issues,…

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How to remove yourself from search engine results

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 by Jayson Q.

How to secure your digital identity. With the recent deployment of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (otherwise known as the GDPR), it has never been easier for EU…

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How to get cheaper flights by using a VPN

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 by Jayson Q.

* Note from the editor * This is the first part of the all new "Tutorial Tuesdays". Each week we will post some type of tutorial, tips or guide  that…

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