American teenagers love their smartphones but not the apps that collect their personal information or their location data. According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, nearly 50% of American teenagers a...
As regular users of the Internet, we all expect to have a high level of privacy, so no one should know we signed up for some of the most disgusting pornography websites known to man nor should unauthorized personnels know the cont...
When the NSA first released the outline of their security programs, the agency claimed that it only touched 1.6 percent of internet traffic. Publications like The Atlantic disputed that number and now, the Wall Street Journal is s...
A newly leaked report has spurred yet again another round of backlash against the NSA, one that Americans may never forget. According to a Washington Post report, the NSA collected information illegally on over 3,000 American citi...
"Soon there won't be anyone left to spy on!"
We could easily say that iOS is one of the safest mobile platforms due to Apple’s strict app evaluation process. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that iOS is free from malware. According to recent research by sci...
Last week Google has pushed an important update, which provides server side encryption to all data stored on Google Cloud Storage. That is, Google will now automatically encrypt new data uploaded to the cloud before it is written ...
When Lavabit, the email service used by Edward Snowden, shut itself down, many people were worried that it was the end of secure privacy-focused email. Kim Dotcom has decided to capitalize on that by putting up a “highly-sec...
Last month, Google took action to dismiss a lawsuit which accused the company of breaking wiretap laws when it scans emails sent from other email providers to Gmail users (for the purposes of serving ads). Advocacy group Consumer ...
When we say trash cans, we think of them as containers that collect our garbage but be careful, they are getting smarter. In fact, some already have the ability to track your smartphone usage and your daily behavior. According to ...
On its mission to collect data and spy on… everyone… the NSA monitors around 1.6 percent of the world’s Internet traffic per day. This information came from documents the Obama administration released to showcase the r...
Yes it is the NSA again. It seems like we can never catch a break from them. According to New York Times, the National Security Agency (NSA) is searching and collecting emails and text messages of Americans who “mention info...
Lavabit, the privacy-focused secure email service, has suddenly shutdown after nearly ten years of operation. The service was notable for offering high-levels of encryption for its users, providing a level of protection not easily...
As if PRISM wasn’t enough, now the US government is publicly pressuring tech companies (internet service providers, telecommunication companies, etc.) to install “port reader software” that would allow the FBI to...
As an Android fan, this comic cuts me deep. But you deserve it, Android.
