Email Security: What Is It, And How Do You Improve It?
What is Email Security? Email security is a term which describes collective techniques used to secure access to an email account and information contained in email messages. Email security is…
General Privacy News
Electric vehicles are sending real-time location and diagnostic data to Chinese government monitoring centers
A couple of months ago, this blog noted how modern vehicles are constantly producing large quantities of data, which has important implications for privacy. An Associated Press article published in…
How to Review Permissions Given to Your Mobile Apps
If you are anything like millions of other mobile device users, you probably spend most of your time using apps. Recent studies have shown that, on average, we spend a…
New Australian anti-encryption bill ripe for abuse
Since 2017, Australian lawmakers have sought to read your encrypted messages on services such as WhatsApp - and now their wish has been granted. As of Thursday the 6th of December,…
Unprecedented: The US Government Just Publicly Identified and Blacklisted Two Bitcoin Addresses
For the first time ever, the US government has added two bitcoin addresses to an official list of sanctions. The addresses are now publicly linked to their owners and it…
How To Remove Adware
If you’re seeing popup ads on your computer, it might be infected by adware. While adware makes computer painfully slow with annoying ads, it can also contain spyware to track…
How to Avoid Stingray Downgrade Attacks
Did you know that your 4G LTE phone has a vulnerability that can let hackers intercept your texts, calls, and get to know your location? A pretty scary situation, right?…
How to Disable Tracking Features in Windows 10 for Beginners
Windows 10 is the latest operating system offering from Microsoft. It has cloud backup capabilities and many people have privacy concerns over this. While Microsoft allows cloud syncing across different…
How To Secure Your Webcam
Modern day laptops come with integrated webcams. And they’re amazing, aren’t they? They make videos calling so much easier. There’s no need to attach a separate webcam to talk to…
Privacy as a Right
The first comment in response to Privacy is Personal was this tweet by @raouf777: It is also a fundamental right, not a privilege to be bestowed on anyone. The individual should have the…