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What is the difference between a proxy and a VPN?
A proxy is any server that sits between your device and a wider network, such as the internet. A virtual private network (VPN) server is a specific kind of proxy, but many other kinds of proxy exist. Although inaccurate (and as a result, confusing), VPNs are often contrasted to proxies.
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Privacy Decrypted #1: What is a threat model?
In its broadest sense, threat modeling is the systematic analysis of potential risks and attack vectors, with the aim of developing effective defenses against identified threats. On a personal level, we engage in threat modeling all the time – simply assessing the risk factors involved whenever we cross a road is a good example of […]
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My mobile phone does things for me
Today we think that our mobile phones have a certain “artificial intelligence”, without doing anything we offer us certain services. The clearest example would be the clothing store, a bar… Any establishment we enter, after a while, the mobile phone asks us to assess the store where we have been, is this accidental? How does […]
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What is the HASH code?
When we create a document, there are many details that we can obtain from it. The metadata gives us a lot of information about the document that we have created, that data we can use or not, it depends on the use we want to give it. But within all that data, there is one […]
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Why email security is important
When we want to communicate with someone we can do it in many ways, one of the ways is using email. This service seems like a very simple way to use, but you have to take into account very important things.
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Google, the privacy of a 13-year-old teenager and her parents
Sometimes when I ask someone “do you think your privacy is safe?” The answer in general is “no”. This is a common and normal response, but what worries me the most is what people often say afterwards “I don’t have anything to hide either.” After hearing this phrase, I say the following “if so, leave […]
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Double factor authentication: what is it and why is it recommended to use it?
Everyone wants security in their private life, our data is very important, our privacy is important and therefore, it must be protected. There are people who steal user data for different purposes, if this happens, it is because somewhere that we do not know, they have a value and for this reason, we have to […]