Here’s why Australia’s cybersecurity bill is a terrible idea
Despite international protest, Australia has passed a new bill that essentially outlaws encryption technology, making its population of 25 million (and 10 million annual...
Cloudy skies ahead: LA is suing the Weather Channel for selling user data
The city of LA is suing the Weather Company, a subsidiary of IBM, for secretly mining and selling user location data with the extremely...
4 Ways you can be identified through social media
On social media, it is easy to forget who can see our posts. A pseudonym can protect us from revealing too much, but there...
The 9 best ExpressVPN blogs of 2018
2018 was a bumper year for ExpressVPN! Here's the best of 2018 from the best VPN blog in town:
1. France is bidding adieu to...
Facebook vs. ad blockers: No matter who wins, you lose
NOTE: This post was originally published on December 15, 2018 In the latest chapter of Facebook’s war against ad blockers, developers have reported that the...
5 famous whistleblowers who risked everything
“See something, say something” is a safety and awareness campaign running across multiple cities in the United States. If you see misconduct, criminal activity or...
Marriott loses the data of half a billion customers
Over the past 4 years, up to 500 million people have had their personal data stolen from the Marriott International hotel group.
France is bidding adieu to Google in favor of a more private search engine
The French National Assembly will adopt Qwant, an EU-based search engine known for its privacy. Read what this could mean.
What are the most dangerous technologies of the surveillance age?
Technology such as encryption, VPNs, and Tor can help us maintain and defend our privacy online. But technology can also work in the opposite direction,...
What will happen to internet privacy in the future?
Unfortunately, we have reached a point where the internet doesn’t work correctly unless we sacrifice some of our privacy. Everything from Twitter to cell...
