Not so (artificially) intelligent: 8 times machine learning got it wrong
Billions of dollars have been poured into artificial intelligence (AI) research, with proponents of the technology arguing that computers can help solve some of...
What is internet privacy and how should you protect your online privacy?
We use the internet for just about everything in our personal and private lives—and what we do online has become valuable data. Large corporations want...
What happens to your privacy if you go completely cashless?
Swiping a card or using your phone to pay for things is undoubtedly convenient but comes with obvious privacy risks. The move towards a...
New Android malware targets Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp
This article was originally published on June 1, 2020. A new Android zero-day exploit, targeting primarily Thai users, has been uncovered by security researchers at...
Covid-19’s biggest casualty will be the further degradation of our individual privacy
History, as they say, often repeats itself. And we’ve definitely seen this before. It took a cataclysmic event to sow the first seeds of the...
Survey: Americans distrust contact-tracing apps but are willing to use them for the greater...
A new survey by ExpressVPN found that 75% of people believe that contact-tracing apps violate a person’s privacy.
How do advertisers always know where you are?
To build a profile of you, advertisers can gather a multitude of information. They can follow you around the web using a tracking code,...
How to secure your video-conferencing apps
This post was originally published on May 14, 2020. If you are working from home right now, chances are you are relying heavily on at...
What is cybercrime? 5 types and examples of cybercrime explained
Think about large-scale heists and it’s normal to conjure an image of a group of thieves robbing a bank, whisking away cash in black...
Contactless supermarkets are here. But at what cost?
Contactless stores and delivery options have shot into the mainstream thanks to the spread of Covid-19. What does it mean for privacy?
