Privacy
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Why you need a private email service
Why you need a private email service. Private email is not just about blocking prying eyes or avoiding creepy online ads. Privacy is a basic human right that you need to protect yourself and ultimately defend your freedom, whoever you are, wherever you live. Your personal email is part of your digital identity and contains […]
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How TikTok’s in-app browser threatens your privacy
TikTok’s in-app browser can track every button or link you tap and every keystroke you type, according to an iOS Privacy review article from tech privacy researcher Felix Krause. This goes beyond the standard data collection we’ve sadly come to expect from social media apps in this age of surveillance capitalism. The idea that one […]
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WFH – Watched from Home: Office 365 and workplace surveillance creep
Imagine your performance at work was assessed directly from the amount of e-mails sent, the amount of time consumed editing a document, or the time spent in meetings or even moving your mouse. This may sound ludicrous but your boss might be doing exactly that. There are more and more stories emerging of people being […]
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Twilio Incident: What Signal Users Need to Know
Twilio Incident: What Signal Users Need to Know. Recently Twilio, the company that provides Signal with phone number verification services, suffered a phishing attack. Here’s what our users need to know: All users can rest assured that their message history, contact lists, profile information, whom they’d blocked, and other personal data remain private and secure […]
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Denmark bans use of Chromebook and Google Workspace in schools
For a long time, the Danish Data Protection Authority has focused on the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace (formerly G Suite for Education) in the municipalities. The use is widespread nationwide, but concretely the Data Protection Authority has had a pending case in Helsingør Municipality. Thus, the Data Protection Authority made a decision in September 2021, […]
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“I do not care”
It is very common to hear people phrases like “I don’t care” or “I have nothing to hide“. From my point of view, everyone has something important to protect, for me, the privacy of each person is something important to protect. Each person has their photos, their messages, their videos, documents… But there are people […]
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How to send an email to multiple email addresses
There are lots of instances when you want to send the same email to multiple people. Sometimes, you want everyone to be part of the conversation and see each other’s responses. Other times, you want to send the same email to multiple people, but you don’t want them to know they are a part of […]
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Privacy and the metaverse
On October 28, 2021, Facebook announced the rebranding of its parent company from Facebook to Meta. Since then, the term “metaverse” has been a hot topic of discussion. From facial expressions to biometric data, the metaverse has the potential to collect new and vast amounts of personal information, allowing Meta to target participants with even […]
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Privacy Decrypted #8: What are browser and device fingerprinting?
Websites like to know as much about you as they can. This is because the more they know about you, the better they can target ads at you. They are therefore very keen on tracking your activities on the internet to build up a detailed model of your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and more, based on your web browsing history.
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Why open-source encryption is better for your privacy
Why open-source encryption is better for your privacy. From the creation of the Android mobile operating system to powering the first interplanetary helicopter, open-source projects have been critical to the development of new technologies. In a recent survey of enterprise developers, 85% already use open-source code in their organizations, and over 90% will continue adopting open-source projects and technologies.
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Why choice should be the default in the DMA
Why choice should be the default in the DMA. The clock may be ticking on Google, Apple, and other tech giants’ ability to impose their email apps on users as default settings. If EU regulators are serious about fair competition in digital markets, letting people choose their own email app should be the new default setting. […]
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How to protect your privacy on dating apps
How to protect your privacy on dating apps. Back in 2019, we did a deep dive into what you can do to protect your privacy on dating apps while still matching with people. Now that it’s 2022, we have updated this article with the latest news and tips. Dating apps are now as much a […]
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Privacy Decrypted #7: What is PII?
Privacy Decrypted #7: What is PII? If you are doing research into data privacy laws, you will eventually come across the terms “personally identifiable information” and “personal data”. We explain what those terms mean, how they are different, and what you can do to protect your PII online. While they are similar concepts with a […]
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OpenVPN vs. WireGuard
OpenVPN is beginning to show its age in terms of speed, performance, and efficiency, but remains widely regarded as the most secure and battle-tested VPN protocol available. The ability to run OpenVPN in TCP mode also gives it greater built-in anti-censorship capabilities than WireGuard.