More About VPN Services VPN (Virtual Private Network) services are being hailed by many as a way to prevent your ISP from collecting and selling your Internet data. Some experts suggest that the data being collected and sold by ISPs contains the most personal and sensitive user data, such as Social Security numbers, medical records, information about users’ families… Read More »
Some Things Private Browsing is Good For – Hint: Privacy is not one of them While private browsing is anything but private, there are some good reasons to use it, but none them are related to hiding your activities, as you aren’t going to hide anything by using private browsing. Every site you visit is logged by your… Read More »
Be Careful With VPNs We’ve been getting dozens of emails in light of the U.S. government’s recent decision to allow ISPs to sell users’ browsing data without getting users’ permission first. Well, apparently some tech newsletters are advising readers to use a VPN service – to “protect their privacy”. We’ve done some research into VPN services and we… Read More »
Drama Kings and Drama Queens Fuel the Latest Internet Drama Understanding the Latest Internet Uproar: Your ISP Selling Your Browsing History First, we are 100% in favor of everyone doing everything they can to stay safe on the Internet, and doing what they can do to keep as much personal privacy as they can. But we don’t believe… Read More »
The Keylogger In Windows 10 There’s a big uproar on Reddit and other sites about a “keylogger” that is built into Windows 10. A keylogger is generally considered spyware as it logs and record every keystroke on a PC. The recent commotion is mostly about exaggerated information and hyperbole, including the claim that Microsoft is logging every single… Read More »
WikiLeaks, the CIA and You Most of you have heard about WikiLeaks publishing reams of top-secret (classified) CIA documents, many of which pertain to the tools and methods used by the CIA to spy on or hack targets. If you’re looking for a juicy anti-WikiLeaks or Anti-CIA exposé, you won’t find it here; I’m quite sure many other… Read More »