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What’s the best approach for building Bluetooth-based tracing apps as a way out of the pandemic lockdowns?

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 by Glyn Moody

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, governments around the world are desperately trying to find a way to ease current lockdowns without triggering massive new waves of infection by Covid-19. There…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

ZecOps discovers current iOS mail app vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A zero-click security vulnerability has been found that leaves hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads vulnerable to remote code execution. The vulnerability affects iOS 13 through the MobileMail app.…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

How often does your IP address change without a VPN?

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 by Caleb Chen

A new study on IP address has been released.  Specifically, the study looks at IP address retention periods of internet service providers (ISPs) around the world. The study is titled:…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, VPN

Why small businesses should buy VPN subscriptions for their employees

Updated on Jan 27, 2024 by Caleb Chen

The internet is an essential part of business nowadays for businesses small and large. While large businesses often utilize site to site VPNs as part of their cybersecurity plan, the…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Guides, VPN

OK Zoomer: avoiding a privacy disaster in the post-coronavirus world

Updated on Nov 17, 2021 by Glyn Moody

It would be an understatement to say that Covid-19 has affected practically every aspect of our lives, given the scale of the transformation. Its impact on privacy, too, is evident.…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

Open Source Code – The Future of User Privacy

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 by Tim Mocan

Will we see more and more open source software in the future, or is this a passing trend that will die off eventually? According to survey data, open source is…

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Telecoms across Europe are sharing phone location data with governments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A telecommunications lobbying group, the GSMA, has confirmed that several telecom companies in Europe are providing mobile phone location data with the European Union as a way to track the…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Unpatched bug in iOS 13.3.1 and later stops VPNs from encrypting all connections

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 by Caleb Chen

An ongoing security vulnerability in iPhones and iPads is keeping VPN applications from doing their job. For iOS versions 13.3.1 and later, this bug remains unpatched and has been rated…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, VPN

Mozilla does not respect user requests to stop tracking telemetry data

Updated on Jul 26, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A Firefox system add-on called telemetry-coverage may still be sending your IP address data to Mozilla even if you explicitly turn off telemetry data - which has privacy implications most…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance

KrØØk WiFi vulnerability affected WiFi encryption on over a billion devices

Updated on Jul 23, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A vulnerability in Broadcom and Cypress WiFi chips makes it possible for attackers on your local WiFi network to decrypt your WPA2 encrypted internet traffic. The vuln, known as the…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News
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