by Brad | Jan 3, 2018 | Internet Privacy
With the recent net neutrality repeal, there’s been a lot of talk about VPNs and their importance. Where some analysts champion VPNs as the ultimate privacy tool, others are more skeptical. While it’s true that VPNs can help lessen the effects of the net neutrality...
by Brad | Dec 27, 2017 | Internet Privacy
In a time when people can’t even trust their personal WiFi networks anymore, Google’s latest Transparency Report offers a glimmer of hope. For the first time in history, 64% of all Chrome traffic uses HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) encryption, compared to...
by Brad | Dec 19, 2017 | Internet Privacy
Worried your phone may be recording your movements? You should be. Turns out, even when you manually turn off your location services and remove the SIM card, your Android phone tracks you anyway. That’s according to a new report from Quartz that studied the various...
by Brad | Nov 29, 2017 | Internet Privacy
Cybersecurity. The very word conjures an excess of negative connotations. From the WannaCry ransomware attack in May to the Equifax hack just a few months ago, 2017 will likely go down as one of the worst years for data breaches. And yet, amid all the retrospective...
by Brad | Oct 25, 2017 | Internet Privacy
Forget about all the deadly snakes, spiders, and uncharted Outback. One of Australia’s biggest threats today comes from the government’s staunch stance on privacy. Just law year Australia passed their extremely invasive data retention law that requires all telecom...
by Brad | Oct 20, 2017 | Internet Privacy
While the implications of how social media can affect public opinion have yet to be studied in great detail, startling revelations from the 2016 U.S. presidential election are bringing to light some of the very fears privacy advocates have been warning about for...
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