The best Mac security tips: 7 mistakes you’re making, and how to fix them
Macs aren’t invulnerable; these essential tips will strengthen your privacy on MacOS and keep data safe.
Police are worried about white extremists organizing on Gab Chat, leaked documents show
Violent white extremists are sick of getting doxxed on Discord, and will “likely” move their organizing efforts to an encrypted messaging alternative created by Gab, an alt-right favorite. So claims…
Wells Fargo tells employees to uninstall TikTok while Amazon reverses its own ban
Amazon may have backed away from telling employees to uninstall TikTok, but it seems Wells Fargo actually went through with it. The Information reported that the San Francisco-based financial institution…
Police use facial-recognition tech to arrest another innocent man
Let’s say it together: Facial-recognition technology is a dangerous, biased mess. We are reminded of this obvious fact again with the news Friday that an innocent man, despite not looking…
Which smart security cams are serious about privacy? We’ve ranked them all
We look at some of the most popular cameras to see how they stack up in terms of protecting your privacy.
Boston bans most city use of facial-recognition tech in privacy win
Boston on Wednesday joined the still small, but growing, number of U.S. cities that have for the most part banned city officials’ use of facial-recognition technology. The ordinance, sponsored…
Apple’s privacy-focused ‘nutrition labels’ for apps are only a start
Do you trust companies like Facebook to accurately and completely tell you how, and to what extent, their apps monitor and track you both on your phone and across the…
The best cheap VPN services in June 2020
Don’t be fooled. The best VPN services aren’t always the most expensive. By Johirul Hassan2020-06-08 11:16:20 UTC Newsflash: the best VPN providers aren’t always the most expensive. In fact, some of…
Contact-tracing app caught sharing location data with Foursquare
Contact-tracing apps are problematic, and that’s before they violate their own privacy policies. The Care19 app, developed for the North Dakota Department of Health by developer ProudCrowd, was intended to…
A beer app is the latest privacy thorn in the U.S. military’s side
Some people really just shouldn’t post. Falling into that category, again, are members of the U.S. military who share photos of beer and digitally “check in” to their favorite watering…