DuckDuckGo Internet privacy review
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Literally malware? The figurative explosion of Uber’s app
The internet is blowing up with discussion over Uber's app, mobile permissions, and what it really means to be malware.
Your data, your rules: The encryption of everything
Who owns your data? The common sense answer is obvious, but isn't always true: in certain situations, law enforcement officials can access, search and...
No negotiation: The rising threat of crypto ransomware
We all know the rule – you don’t negotiate with terrorists. When you react to their demands, you prove their tactics work. Worse, you...
Theft from the skies: Could cell phone data theft affect you?
Recent discoveries have revealed that the NSA has been stealing cellular data right out of the air.
Just looking? ISPs are watching you browse
You are being watched. From everything you ask Alexa to all your emails and passwords: If you don’t encrypt your traffic, your Internet Service...
Laura Poitras and the Digital Exiles
Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras moved to Berlin in order to protect the source material for her documentary on Edward Snowden.
OS X Yosemite: Are security and privacy the first thought or an afterthought?
Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) has arrived and, according to Apple, it comes with safety. Built right in. The company’s claim that security was “The...
Don’t get bit: URL-shortening service flagged as malware
This article was originally published on November 6, 2014. If you can't trust Bitly, who can you trust? Citizens of the web found themselves stymied...
Verizon’s ‘perma-cookie’: Just another example of how ISPs invade, threaten our privacy
**Update: Verizon forced 'supercookies' on all of their customers until March 2015, when several senators raised privacy concerns over the practice. One year later,...
