What Does a VPN Hide? A Lot, But Not Everything – PIA VPN
You’re all alone at home, so nobody’s around to see what you’re doing online. But can you be sure about that? When you signed up to an ISP for internet…
Online Privacy
How to Secure A Facebook Account in 2024
Facebook is a fast and easy way to connect with friends, family, and like-minded people. Anyone can find a group to join or a place to fit in. You can…
Louisiana Mandates ID Verification for Pornography Online – 11 Other States Follow Suit
Preventing children from accessing adult material is well-intentioned, but politicians and legislators often go the wrong way about it. UK, Australian, and German authorities previously investigated implementing measures to prevent…
Can You Get a Perfect March Madness Bracket This Season?
You’re more likely to date a supermodel, become a president of the United States, or even win the lottery than score a perfect March Madness bracket. According to the NCAA,…
UK Government Is Engaged in Large-Scale Surveillance of Social Media
New US And EU Laws Bring Risks To Privacy The UK civil rights group Big Brother Watch has published a major new document about the UK government's surveillance of social…
EU to Use ePrivacy and GDPR to Tackle Illegal Cookie Walls
One of the biggest criticisms of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is that it has led to a plague of annoying pop-ups and Web pages requesting permission to…
Meta’s Lawsuit Against NSO Goes Forward – The Fight Against NSO Spyware Gains Strength
The murky world of government spyware has never been the same after the Pegasus Project leaked in July 2021 a list of over 50,000 phone numbers believed to be people…
How to Stay Safe When Working Remotely
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, more businesses have shifted to mobile work — with 16% of all companies worldwide becoming 100% remote. This allows people to trade their daily commute…
What Is SSID for Wi‑Fi? Your Network Name Explained
Guest_WiFi, GillsCoffeeShop, FBI Surveillance Van?! Have you ever wondered how networks get their (occasionally quirky) names when you’re searching for a Wi-Fi connection? Each phrase is an SSID – a…
Biometric Data Is a Disaster For Your Privacy – And It May Already Be Used Against You
We've written many times on the PIA blog about the increasing use of biometric systems as a way of establishing identity and controlling access. Biometrics being used in this way…