How to set up a VPN on your home router
Choosing a secure VPN app for your Android phone or tablet is a great way to enhance your security and privacy on that device. However, setting up a VPN on your router protects every device […]
Tag: privacy
Like Chrome’s ‘Incognito’ mode iCloud Private Relay doesn’t work the way you think it does
Google’s Chrome web browser is set to warn users that private browsing does not prevent them from being tracked. Many users were under the impression that ‘incognito’ meant no tracking. Similarly, many Apple users think […]
No Surprise: Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies
By now most internet users know their online activity is constantly tracked. No one should be shocked to see ads for items they previously searched for, or to be asked if their data can be […]
US FTC bans data broker from selling Americans’ location data – Only Americans?
“Geolocation data can reveal not just where a person lives and whom they spend time with but also, for example, which medical treatments they seek and where they worship,” said FTC Chair Lina M. Khan. […]
How to maximize anonymity when accessing the Internet on mobile
Some interesting tips and ideas, but what becomes very clear, is the irony that the ordinary citizen is going to be way more identifiable than most criminals will be. It costs money and/or effort to […]
Polycentric is an Open-source distributed social network – Similar in some ways to Nostr
I’ve not done an in-depth look at this network but reading through their documentation shows it has a lot of similarity to the basics of the Nostr protocol and network. There is just not as […]
US FTC bans Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition in stores for 5 years – CCTV cameras are no longer just cameras
It’s one thing just having CCTV cameras, but another thing when your face, regularity of visits, etc become part of a massive database. Too often we’ve seen such databases also been sold for profit. At […]
Jami: A Versatile Cross-platform Open-Source Peer-to-Peer Decentralized Communication App
I can’t believe I last did a proper post about Jami as far back as 2019 last. I mention it a lot, and it was included run a debate today on my Friendica site, but […]
Apple admits to secretly giving governments push notification data: Push notifications contain useful metadata
Push notifications are used to provide a wide variety of alerts to app users. A friendly ding or text alert on the home screen notifies users about new text messages, emails, social media comments, news […]
French government recommends against using foreign chat apps and use open source Olvid instead
Well, this is interesting! The move by France in this direction is not new at all as in 2018 they announced they were moving towards using Matrix and Riot to replace WhatsApp and Telegram, and […]