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Geek Squad Email Scam: How to Spot It and What to Do
The Geek Squad scam is still around and it’s more convincing than ever. The official-looking messages, familiar branding, and just enough personal detail can even fool the careful. Geek Squad is Best Buy’s legitimate tech support service, but scammers exploit its good reputation to deceive their victims. Read more
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ChatGPT and Privacy: Everything You Need to Know in 2026
You’ve probably caught wind of some concerning headlines about ChatGPT – like how it keeps your deleted chats or how some users accidentally get responses meant for someone else. Before you type your next prompt, it’s a good idea to know what data ChatGPT keeps, how it uses your info, and how secure it is. Read more
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Facebook Marketplace Scams: Warning Signs and Prevention Tips
A combination of convenience and popularity makes Facebook Marketplace a hunting ground for fraudsters. They target active buyers and sellers with scams that can spread across the rest of Facebook. Read more
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PIA Transparency Report Q3 2026
As part of our commitment to transparency, we publish the number of legal requests we received, along with our bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure program submissions on a quarterly basis. Read more
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IMAP vs. POP3: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Use?
When setting up an account in an email app, you may be asked whether to use IMAP or POP3. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and it often comes down to how you organize your inbox. Read more
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Is DuckDuckGo Safe? A Complete Privacy and Security Breakdown
Learn what DuckDuckGo does with your search and personal data, how its browser and AI chat protections actually work, and where independent researchers have found gaps. We also compare DuckDuckGo against Google to see how both companies handle user data and source search results. Read more
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PIA Expands VPN Network With 10 New Locations Across 3 Regions
Two weeks ago, we added 15 new server locations to the PIA network. Today, we’re adding 10 more new server locations across the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific. That’s 25 new locations in under a month, extending our reach to 179 locations across 112 countries and territories in total. Read more
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What Is an Evil Twin Attack and How Can You Spot One?
Public Wi-Fi can be convenient, but it can also expose you to risks such as evil twin attacks, where cybercriminals set up a deceptive Wi-Fi network in the hopes that users will connect to the fake Wi-Fi hotspot instead. Read more