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6 easy ways to improve your online privacy and security
From debilitating data breaches to social media platforms running amok with our information, it seems as if the assaults on our privacy are endless. We’re not doing ourselves any favors by continuin...
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Privacy in America vs. Europe: Here’s how the EU does data different
This post was originally published on May 15, 2018. Back in 2017, The Economist that prophetically pegged personal data as the world’s greatest resource, but it’s only in the past few months that ...
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Facebook has a better memory of you than you do—find out what it knows
NOTE: This post was originally published on May 4, 2018 In light of Facebook’s biggest scandal to date, many people are starting to take privacy more seriously. Unfortunately, it may be too late ...
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Did the internet fail to deliver on its early promises?
With its many predecessors and common interchangeable terminology, it’s hard to pin the internet’s birth date precisely, though it’s fair to say that in the mid-1990s the internet began to enter...
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Breaking news: White House blocks Twitter
White House blocks Trump’s Twitter Sources say that in his role as Chief of Staff, John Kelly chose to block Twitter on the White House network in an attempt to stop Trump from his “inane tweeting...
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The CLOUD Act was just signed into law: Here’s what you need to know
This post was originally published on March 31, 2018. With a news cycle dominated by the White House’s escapades and upcoming midterm elections, stories that should take center stage might be ignore...
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#DeleteFacebook and use these apps instead
So you want to #DeleteFacebook? Good for you. Facebook’s rampant data collection efforts have gone unchecked for far too long—and have shed light on just how much social media platforms know about...
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What are VPN connection logs?
A connection log is a record of incoming and outgoing connections to a VPN server which may include: A user’s IP address The IP address of the VPN server a user connects to Timestamps for when a us...
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Not even a scandal will stop Facebook from harvesting your data
Editor's note: This post was originally published on March 20, 2018. Onavo has since been shut down. News of Facebook’s role in Cambridge Analytica’s collection of millions of user profiles lead...
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5 defiant, worrying, or outright bizarre Edward Snowden statements
This article was originally published on March 12, 2018. Like the great Nostradamus, Edward Snowden has been a purveyor of the future, signaling time and again signs of things to come. Since joining T...
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