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Many people use their primary email to sign in to practically everything. That’s a privacy nightmare, and you might be shocked to see how easily someone can use it to effectively stalk you and violate […]
“It is important to note that this does not impact instances where Vodacom is served with a Section 205 Subpoena from the court,” said Vodacom. “Naturally, Vodacom remains committed to acting accordingly and will abide […]
Briar Desktop is now available for download for Linux and Windows operating systems. For Linux, they provide .deb and .jar files (and I found a Flatpak version in AUR too) and for Windows there’s an […]
When you search for any query in a web search engine, that specific query gets recorded on the server and becomes a part of your online search history. Most common and popular search engines record […]
To quote a worn — but occasionally true — saying from Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” The popularity of Airbnb and other informal rentals has coincided […]
Chad Engelgau is the CEO of Acxiom, a data broker that operates one of the world’s biggest repositories of consumer information. The company claims to have granular details on more than 2.5 billion people across […]
Yes, it’s not only ‘cheap’ devices that collect data, but cheap devices are often doing this in lieu of charging more. We all know Apple is at the more luxury end of the market, with […]
Android and iOS smartphones are the most popular ones around the world. However, many of you look for something more “open” and better at privacy. If you use Android, you forfeit your privacy. Apple’s iOS […]
Google announced on Friday that it’s adding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Gmail on the web, allowing enrolled Google Workspace users to send and receive encrypted emails within and outside their domain. Once enabled, Gmail client-side […]
Apple has been notorious for keeping it’s own decryption keys to users’ data in iCloud, so this article required some checking. Many vendors also talk about end-to-end encryption, but mean that their server is one […]