Is your car spying on you?
Unlike many other devices, cars are not prefixed with the word smart. Even if they’re connected to the internet—and have the ability to collect...
Want to trade crypto? Here are the top 5 exchanges to try your hand
To buy Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, you have multiple options. You can go to a Bitcoin ATM, accept them as payments for your goods...
Why you can’t judge a VPN by its server count
When you're looking for a VPN provider, a server count alone is not a good enough gauge on how the service will perform.
As we rush toward convenience, say so long to privacy
We’re all guilty of the same thing. In our rush to download and install apps, we carelessly breeze through all the necessary permissions without even...
3 things activists can do to strengthen their privacy and security
For whatever cause you’re fighting, it is more important than ever now to make sure you’re doing so privately and securely.
Interview: Meet the person protecting human rights activists amid mass surveillance
Front Line Defenders’s Mohammed Al-Maskati has spent most of his life fighting for human rights in Bahrain and the Middle East. But in recent...
You should be compartmentalizing your browsers. Here’s how it works.
We’re acutely aware that our data is valuable—our online movements are followed assiduously by companies and governments who wish to target us for their...
Your devices are rating you. Behave accordingly.
In a world judged by social media, a low score makes everyday life difficult. You can’t rent a car, book a hotel, or pay for flights.
What is a CA certificate, and how does it work?
Recently, the government of Kazakhstan temporarily forced citizens to install a Certificate Authority (CA) that allowed the state to decrypt all content and communications...
Anonymized demographic data can still be used to identify you
If you’re one of the few people who read terms of service, you may find buried in various companies’ privacy policies a clause saying...
