Firefox Hardening Guide 2018
Purpose: This guide shows a user in an easy-to-follow way how to improve the privacy and security settings of Firefox, which, when combined with a privacy VPN, gives a user…
Cybersecurity
Vulnerability Acquisition Companies are Stockpiling 0-days and Selling Them to Governments Rather Than Allowing Them to be Patched
Last week, a so-called vulnerability acquisition company by the name of Zerodium disclosed a Tor Browser 0-day vulnerability to the public, in an apparent PR stunt. As you may know,…
The Current Status of WireGuard VPNs – Are We There Yet?
In security circles, WireGuard is an exciting proposition. It is a modern, open-source VPN client and server system that is highly streamlined, lean, and easy to review due to its…
How putting artificial intelligence in Google Glass-like systems could both help and harm our privacy
Remember Google Glass? Five years ago, it was the hot new accessory for those who wanted to live at the bleeding edge of technology. But once Google Glasses started being…
Hardware Acceleration is Here for Routers Using OpenVPN
One of the most popular privacy uses for a VPN is setting up the service on a VPN router. The router protects the entire network behind it by routing all…
How to See What Your Router is Exposing to the Internet
Is your home router a sitting duck with ports open to the world just waiting to be hacked? Let's go over how you can check. First, it's important to start…
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…
Behavioral biometrics: Websites and apps are learning from how you type, hold your phone, and use your mouse
How often do you hold your phone in your left hand? How big are your hands? Do your hands shake when you type or move a mouse? If your pointer…
After call to implant microchips in people awaiting trial, are they about to become the next threat to our privacy?
Last year, Privacy News Online wrote about the Swedish SJ Railways allowing customers to use under-the-skin microchip implants for "easy" ticket purchases. That might have seemed a one-off bad idea,…
TLS 1.3 is Coming – an Opportunity for Amazon, Google and Microsoft to End Censorship
A new standard for cryptography is on the horizon, called Transport Level Security 1.3 (TLS 1.3). TLS 1.3 is a major update to cryptography, and fundamentally changes how websites and…