Tor Project lets go of a third of staff due to COVID-19
The Tor Project, the non profit organization behind the Tor (The Onion Router) Browser, has let go of roughly a third of its staff due to the COVID-19 crisis. Tor…
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Testing your web browser for cryptojacking
Cryptojacking or cryptocurrency mining is the covert use of your computer's Central Processing Unit (CPU) and Graphics Processing unit (GPU) to mine for cryptocurrency. With the rise of cryptocurrency, cryptojacking…
Cyberstalking: Definition, Laws, and How to Stay Safe
Cyberstalking is a serious crime with scary statistics. Most people are victimized for an average of two years, which can have serious consequences on your emotional and mental health. Despite…
How to Unblock Wikipedia
Whether you’re writing a school essay or looking for a piece of information online, Wikipedia can be a helpful resource. The English Wikipedia has over 5 million educational articles, which…
How to Make Your VPN Connection More Secure: A Beginners Guide
VPN services are used to make your internet connection more secure. But this doesn’t mean VPN connections cannot be decrypted. If the people spying on you have all the right…
How to Know if You’re Being Tracked on the Internet
You just spoke to your family about how you need a new juicer. When you go online, you see ads for juicers everywhere. And you didn’t even search for a…
How to Manage and Protect Your Cloud Data
The use of cloud storage is growing at a very significant rate. Cloud storage is predicted to be the most widely used option by 2020 due to many factors including…
Why Do You Need a VPN for VoIP
A VoIP VPN secures your video and voice calls by encrypting them, saves you money, and gives you the freedom to communicate from anywhere in the world. What is VoIP?Voice…
What is Tor? A Beginner’s Guide
When you use the Internet, your data can be collected by the websites you visit, ISPs, governments, advertisers, intruders, and more. One of the easiest and most affordable ways to protect…
What is Doxing and How Can You Protect Yourself?
Almost all of us are guilty of oversharing on the internet to some degree. Between geo-marked photos, statuses containing personal details about our lives, and Facebook’s “check in” feature, it…
How To Secure Your Devices Before Travelling
Research Local Laws It's important to know the local laws regarding internet usage, and what content may be censored. For example, if you’re travelling to China, you should know that…
How to Purify Your Device After Clicking a Phishing Link
Clicking on an unknown link is something that can happen to anyone, despite their best intentions. While we all known not to click on suspicious links, it’s still something even…
TCP vs. UDP: Understanding the Difference
You may have heard of TCP and UDP when setting up a router, configuring firewall software, or looking through VPN features. But what is the difference between TCP and UDP?…
How to Use a VPN to Watch Local News While Traveling
Some people like to travel for leisure and others need to travel for work. And while traveling gives you new experiences, there is something it takes away – being in…
The Beginner’s Guide to VPN Port Forwarding
You might have heard of port forwarding and its use in networking and VPN services. What exactly is port forwarding and why is it done? Let’s take a look. What…