Ceinwen Thomas

Ceinwen focused on digital privacy, censorship, and surveillance, and has interviewed leading figures in tech.

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Facebook app icon with surveillance notification alert.
2 mins

What is Off-Facebook activity, and what does it reveal about your...

Facebook harvests a lot of your data, even when you’re not actually using it. Now, finally, Facebook is letting...
Two phones on a map with lines intersecting from them.
3 mins

Google and Apple are co-creating a contact-tracing tool. Can you trust...

In what can only be described as the most unlikely of partnerships, Apple and Google have teamed up to...
Mobile phone switched off with a red off icon.
2 mins

Maybe it’s time to dump social media, just for a little...

For a lot of us these days, the internet has become our sole tether to the outside world, connecting...
Laptop with a fishing hook caught on a virus.
2 mins

How to spot Covid-19 phishing and ransomware attacks

NOTE: This post was originally published on April 7, 2020 Spring is normally the time when tax-related phishing scams spike,...
Band-aid over a phone with the EU logo.
2 mins

The EU wants you to have the ‘right to repair’ your...

The EU wants to make it easier for you to upgrade and repair your devices on your own, instead of having to replace them with brand new ones.
A laptop with a dollar sign crossed out.
2 mins

Free things you can do online when you’re stuck at home

From museums and art galleries to games and newspapers, here’s a list of things to do online when you’re stuck at home.
A face mask being recorded on a computer screen.
3 mins

Countries are using greater surveillance measures to track Covid-19. What are...

Heightened global concerns over the novel coronavirus have compelled countries to implement measures such as flight suspensions, mandatory quarantine...
Android phone with app permissions for YouTube.
2 mins

How to change app permissions on your devices

When downloading an app to your device, sometimes a message pops up to request permissions that the app would...
Two people working in a coffee shop and at home
6 mins

How to work from home: Keeping safe and sane while remote

The coronavirus outbreak has prompted a lot of companies, including Google and Apple, to recommend their employees work from...
Google's terms of service with yes and no buttons.
1 min

Google is trying to make its new terms of service more...

NOTE: This post was originally published on March 6, 2020 If you’ve googled something at some point in the last...

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