Fileless Malware: The Complete Guide
If you think viruses can only infect your devices via malicious files, think again. Fileless malware can unleash horror on your digital devices if you aren’t prepared. A recent study…
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What is Data Privacy & What Can You Do About It?
What is Data Privacy and What You Can Do About It? Think about it for a moment. Would you share the combination to your safe with anyone? Would you leave…
How to Explain Parental Controls to Children and Implement Them Without a Fuss
Though possibly daunting, implementing parental controls in your household doesn’t have to be a negative experience. The main thing to remember is to respect your child’s autonomy while maintaining your…
The Best & Worst States in America for Online Privacy
How Online Privacy Laws Stack Up Across the United States Cybercrime in the US is expected to cost $10 trillion by 2025. In response to this and other factors, such…
PIA Is Leaving India Due to Data Collection Directive
The Indian government has announced a new data collection directive, No. 20(3)/2022-CERT-In, which goes into effect on June 27, 2022. The legislation forces data-handling companies, including VPNs, to collect customers’…
The EU’s New Digital Services Act — What Does it Mean for Global Privacy?
Three main bodies of the EU — the European Commission, European Council, and European Parliament — have reached a "political agreement" on the Digital Services Act (DSA). The new law…
Mental Health Apps Are Not As Private As You Think
Mental health apps have been in demand for a while now, but since the pandemic, their popularity grew by over 500%. I downloaded and used a few myself — mainly…
Google’s Radar Chip: Real-Time Biometric Data Collection
Digital surveillance comes in many forms. The traditional kind, where governments spy on you as you move around the Internet, is the easiest to take measures against. A good VPN…
Phishing, Smishing & Vishing: What You Need to Know & How to Protect Yourself
My career is about to take off — at least it is if I was to believe the number of companies looking at my LinkedIn profile over the past few…
#NoPlaceToHide…for Stupid Ideas Like Backdooring End-To-End Encryption and Undermining Privacy
Government attempts to weaken cryptography to allow general surveillance are not new: they date back at least to the 1993 Clipper chip. Similarly, claims that children will be harmed by…