Ad blockers, VPN services, password managers, typo correctors, and other browser extensions have full access to all your personal data on all pages that you visit including password, credit cards, and private photos. I’ll not claim that any particular extension collects such information but I’ll show you why it is possible and what you can ...
Every week it seems a new security breach is hitting the headlines so we can be forgiven for thinking the online world is a dangerous place. Earlier this year, Facebook was lambasted for sharing user data with third party apps, while those with Androids were shocked to learn that their mobile was tracking their every ...
When you joined Facebook, were you fully aware of how many privacy rights you signed away? With its unlimited access to your personal photos, information, messages and activity, we ask: Is Facebook Spying On You...
The FCC officially votes to kill net neutrality Despite overwhelming opposition from Congress, technical experts, advocacy organizations and, of course, the American people, the FCC has voted to eliminate 2015’s Open Internet Order and the net neutrality protections it established. The order passed today, “Restoring Internet Freedom,” essentially removes the FCC as a regulator of the broadband industry ...
Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data. It visits and navigates around websites, from within your browser, leaving misleading digital footprints around the internet. Noiszy only visits a list of sites that you approve, and only works when you turn it on. Run Noiszy in the background while you’re working, or ...
Because of popular anonymous TOR network has been compromised recently, scientists to try create something new: “At the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium in July, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne will present a new anonymity scheme that provides strong security guarantees but uses bandwidth much ...
Do you know how many invisible counters on website pages to spy on you? Moreover, they meticulously collect the information about you and your actions on the website, but they also slow down the loading of pages. This information is necessary for advertisers (for targeting) but who knows how it could be used against us. By blocking such scripts ...
If you still don’t have Tor Browser on your PC – it is time to download it. This product helps you to stay private in Internet by using chain of many proxy services over the world (nodes). No one could know your real location and IP address. Tor Browser useful in these cases...
CyberGhost VPN Free is a very useful online service and personal VPN client. Its main feature is to give users possibilities anonymously browse the Internet. It means that this utility works as a firewall and server between your computer and your internet provider. CyberGhost VPN makes able to browse web-pages without detection your IP address. ...
Secunia Personal Software Inspector is the application which identifies and helps to correct the problematic programs you may be running. You should know that the one of the largest security dangers comes not from hackers or online identity thieves; it comes from innocent computer user and his outdated software. This smart utility scans your PC: ...
