Popular censorship circumvention tools face fresh blockade by China
Tools helping China's netizens to bypass the Great Firewall appear to be facing a fresh round of crackdowns in the run-up to the country's quinquennial party congress that will see…
Security is the practice of ensuring your devices are not working against your own intent
The hidden threats of router malware
You check your computer for viruses every week, update systems and programs promptly, use strong passwords and generally take care online... yet for some reason your internet is slow and…
Amazon ‘cutewashes’ surveillance with its new Ring doorbell TV show
For a “normal” company, having a TV series with your product as the star would be an impossible dream. But Amazon is not a normal company. The latest evidence that…
How Does a Decentralized VPN (dVPN) Work?
What is a Decentralized VPN? Decentralized VPNs promise to be the upgrade to existing, standard VPN services. They claim to offer better privacy at lower prices than their traditional counterparts,…
NordVPN’s Meshnet Lets Users Create Their Own Private Networks
What is a MeshNet? NordVPN, one of the world’s leading VPN providers with 14 million users worldwide, has unveiled Meshnet –– a brand new feature allowing users to create their…
How to prevent customs agents from copying your phone’s content
Data copied from devices at entry points into the United States — including airports and border crossings — gets saved for 15 years in a database searchable by thousands of…
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…
iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claims
A security researcher says that Apple's iOS devices don't fully route all network traffic through VPNs as a user might expect, a potential security issue the device maker has known…
All of Your Smart Devices Are Spying on You
At this point, it’s obvious that our smartphones and computers are data-leakers. Plenty of us now cover our laptops’ webcams (although we always forget about the mics), while our smartphones track…
This site exposes the creepy things in-app browsers from TikTok and Instagram might track
Did you know you’re potentially being tracked when you load an in-app browser on iOS? A new tool reveals exactly how, showing how applications like TikTok and Instagram can potentially…