Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!
This is probably worth noting, for anyone who still uses Facebook, and thinks posting “anonymously” in a group, is actually anonymous. This is especially true for small friend or family groups, and could cause major […]
Here’s what the student doesn’t know: Although she surfed the internet in the privacy of her home, Facebook saw much of what she did. Every single site she visited used the Meta Pixel, a tracking […]
“By being honest about these costs ourselves, we believe that helps provide a view of the engine of the tech industry, the surveillance business model, that is not always apparent to people,” Whittaker tells WIRED. […]
One of the world’s largest mobile data brokers, Kochava, has lost its battle to stop the Federal Trade Commission from revealing what the FTC has alleged is a disturbing, widespread pattern of unfair use and […]
Telegram has now long had usernames without revealing for private phone number, so it is good to see Signal finally moving in this direction too. It is really not always desirable to have your real […]
In 2020, the EFF updated Privacy Badger to no longer learn from your browsing by default, as local learning may make you more identifiable to websites. In order to make this change, they expanded the […]
I last covered OnionShare I see in 2020 and 2021. Not much has changed as they seem to offer the same services, but this a good “how to” video if you want to set up […]
The head of the Russian department responsible for identifying threats to the “stability, security and integrity” of the internet, has revealed the extent of the Kremlin’s VPN crackdown. Former FSO officer Sergei Khutortsev, a central […]
Too many people think just running a VPN will solve all privacy, security, malware, etc problems. A VPN only really does two or three things: But it is probably important to note all the things […]
This list, also known as BADBOOL, was started on September 29, 2017 and was most recently updated in October 2023 to add PimEyes and to remove TruePeopleSearch and Cyber Background Checks, since those sites will […]