Latest articles tagged “privacy”

1.1.1.1 is a new, fast, privacy-focused free DNS service by Cloudflare. In this article we'll cover how fast it is, what you'll gain in privacy, and how to set it up on a home router, Windows, Linux or Mac PC, iOS or Android phone. ... Read more

A VPN can hide your online identity completely, but they can be quite costly if you go for a paid service. On the other hand, free VPN services tend to be slow and unreliable, so here is how you can make your own, personal and fast VPN for free. ... Read more

This new feature for Messenger is supposed to encrypt your messages so that noone will ever see them... ... Read more

Here are something that you should think before making posts or uploading photos in Facebook. ... Read more

Here are some tips by ESET for safe vacations while travelling! ... Read more

If you think that the read receipt feature in Facebook is too much of a privacy matter, then this is how you can get rid of it. ... Read more

Deleting your Microsoft Account in Windows 10 is not as simple as clicking a couple of buttons. In this article we explain how you can completely delete and close your Microsoft account. ... Read more

Privacy is a tricky thing to accomplish when using the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Many of the best features are hidden within the about:config settings. To get around this issue, the Tinfoil add on can help configure these settings from a nice GUI. ... Read more

In a novel twist on the surveillance angle, the European Union is unhappy with the Edward Snowden revelations about mass surveillance yet now wished to learn more about every person who enters Europe and keep the data for five years. ... Read more

Blur is a useful privacy extension that can ensure that Google cannot track your searches back to your own profile. Proxy servers are used to keep things anonymous. This Firefox add-on/Chrome extension is an alternative to Startpage and Blekko. ... Read more

We asked Bitdefender's Senior e-Threat Analyst about the AV future, its greatest challenges, the safest OS and browsers, Edward Snowden impact, the data Bitdefender collects, protection of data stored in the cloud and other tricks for our readers. ... Read more

In a continuation of their global transparency reporting, Yahoo has revealed that they received 18,594 US government information requests for 30,551 accounts from January–June 2014. This is the third global transparency report Yahoo has published. ... Read more

Just when you thought you were safe with your Android phone, it has now been learned that authorities across the USA including some law enforcement agencies are using a secondary cell tower to capture unencrypted phone calls. ... Read more

If you're wanting to browse the internet without keeping a history of your searches and visited websites, you'll want to take a look at private browsing -- a popular feature on most current browsers. ... Read more

The fight against the use of the internet to further child exploitation and pedophiles being able to search for sites with child pornography took a turn towards protection today when a man in Houston was charged with possession of child pornography. ... Read more