How Facebook Monetizes your Personal Information
What does Facebook really know about you? When do they know it? What is a "Birds Eye" view of the information they collect?
How Tor Helps to Protect your Internet Data Privacy
This diagram and helpful interactive site from the Electronic Frontier Foundation help to explain why your Internet and data privacy are not an "all or nothing" consideration. There are many…
Slackware 15 Install and Initial Impressions
Slackware has released Version 15 Release Candidate 1 and as there are some unused laptops sitting around the house (now that the kids have gone back to school) it was…
Privacy is Cybersecurity for People
Why do companies need CyberSecurity? Have you ever heard a company talk about privacy when they are discussing a massive hack and theft of your data? Why is cybersecurity such…
SmartTV Connections over Tor
If your Internet Providers cannot tell where your traffic is going, what it is accessing, and where it originated then it is going to be very difficult for them to be anything other than neutral. Read on to find out how this is possible and how you can make it happen today.
Simple Data Privacy Check
What can you do in 5 minutes that will give you a concrete picture of your data privacy? Everyone is concerned about the state of their online data privacy and…
Simple Everyday Internet Privacy
Have you ever taken a survey? If you have, you’ve no doubt felt that pang of self-conscious reflection when you are asked to reveal private data like your age, income,…
A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact
US Customs and Border Protection has long considered US borders and airports a kind of loophole in the Constitution's Fourth Amendment protections, one that allows them wide latitude to detain…
NSA recommends rebooting a phone every week to stop hacking
As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got…
How to enable and disable iCloud Private Relay in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey
iCloud Private Relay is a new privacy feature baked into iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey that's designed to hide your browsing habits inside Safari. Here's how you can…