Why Your Phone’s Data Network is More Secure than Public Wi-Fi
Oh, the sweet lure of a public Wi-Fi. It’s public, it’s free, and it lets you check your social media networks without wasting your mobile data. Don’t you just love…
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Why a passcode is better than biometric access
TL/DR: Don't use your fingerprintsor facial recognition as access passwords. Biometric access is not secure. Fingerprints or facial recognition as passwords are not legally protected. You can't change your fingerprints or…
How to Use Crypto Anonymously part 1: Bitcoin Isn’t as Anonymous as You Think
Back in 2012, the FBI published a now-infamous report on Bitcoin. It called Bitcoin a “venue for individuals to generate, transfer, launder, and steal illicit funds with some anonymity.” Not…
What is Two-Factor or Multi-Factor Authentication?
A colleague got to know your password and BAM, your account is hacked. Strong passwords are good. But they’re not good enough. That’s why you need two-factor or multi-factor authentication.…
Firefox Lightbeam – Visually Seeing the Benefits of Privacy in Real Time
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…
How to stop Chrome running in the background
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…
Windows 10 Privacy Settings: What To Turn Off and Why
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,…
How to improve your security with better passwords
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…
How to improve your gaming experience with a VPN
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,…
How to remove yourself from search engine results
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…