There is a frightening reason why Facebook got to be the biggest communications medium in human history. Apple, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft, Blackberry, and other major phone makers shared the personal data of users with the Social Network. Up to 60 ...
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Registered Gun Owners Can Now Be Spotted And Single Out By New “Recognition Software”
New surveillance systems that can recognize a person’s face and report that person to police will soon be everywhere. Registered gun owners should also know that this new “recognition software” could have special implications for them. The new software would ...
Read More »Facebook Users Tricked Into Revealing Personal Data In Weird “Lab Rat” Behavior Experiment
Your personal data is being collected through some new tactics and you might be participating in behavioral science experiments without your consent and not even realize it – especially if you take the wrong quizzes online. More than six million ...
Read More »The Coming Bitcoin Blackouts?
The vast popularity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin will lead to blackouts and higher electric bills unless something changes fast. Digital currencies are not controlled by the big banks yet, but rather by a network of users who an incredible amount of electrical power ...
Read More »How To Stay Hidden Online, In A World Of Hackers & Snoopers
Are “privacy” and “anonymity” mere synonyms, at least, when placed in the context of online safety and IT security? Simply put, no. While privacy and anonymity may have similar tradecraft practices and protocols, the very heart of their differences lay ...
Read More »The Hack-Proof Email Service That NSA Doesn’t Want You To Use
Technology is already confusing, but sometimes it can just get downright daunting. Especially these days, between the little microphones in TVs and the GPS in our smartphones, it’s easy to feel like there’s just no possibility of getting a little ...
Read More »3 Ways Hackers Steal Your Personal Data (And 3 Simple Ways To Stop Them)
Though death and taxes always have been a part of the human experience, hackers now have become yet another unavoidable fact of modern life in this century. Unfortunately, such cyber threats have become so abundant that you can almost guarantee ...
Read More »How To Stop Windows 10 From Tracking Your Every Move
When Windows 10 was released, the tech world was abuzz with glee. But then, we all started to take a gander under the hood of this software sportscar, only to discover a rather horrifying sight. It seems this ride tracks ...
Read More »Google’s New Policy Allows It To Track You Like Never Before (But Here’s How To Fix It)
For years, Google’s privacy policy essentially prohibited the company from running ads targeting users based off of activity in its popular Gmail platform – meaning that if you sent someone an email about, say, groceries, you would not then necessarily ...
Read More »Online Actions That Spark NSA Monitoring
Simply using certain encryption services or investigating alternatives to Microsoft Windows could get you placed under surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence organizations, according to a new report. Utilizing encryption solutions such as TOR could result ...
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