Lexie

Lexie is the blog's resident tech expert and gets excited about empowerment through technology, space travel, and pancakes with blueberries.

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5 famous whistleblowers who risked everything

“See something, say something” is a safety and awareness campaign running across multiple cities in the United States. If you...
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4 mins

What are the most dangerous technologies of the surveillance age?

Technology such as encryption, VPNs, and Tor can help us maintain and defend our privacy online. But technology can also...
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2 mins

What will happen to internet privacy in the future?

Unfortunately, we have reached a point where the internet doesn’t work correctly unless we sacrifice some of our privacy....
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4 mins

Weighing up the morality of internet privacy

The difference between right and wrong is rarely black and white. When it comes to the big moral issues...
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3 mins

How plausible deniability can protect your data

Plausible deniability allows individuals to claim they had no involvement in an action taken by others (or, in some...
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4 mins

Is internet privacy a lost cause?

Most people think of privacy as a fundamental right. The right to have a personal conversation without someone listening,...
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3 mins

Am I being spied on? Here’s how you might be

Here are the various ways someone might be able to spy on you online.
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3 mins

How to properly dispose of your hard drives

Data is valuable. Your pictures, legal documents, chat logs, and even saved video games are all things you wouldn't...
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4 mins

Why encryption is vital in free societies

Encryption protects more than your data and it’s necessary for a free society. Find out why encryption is a human rights issue.
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2 mins

Facial swapping software is now open-source

Developed by experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NVIDIA, vid2vid technology allows anybody to swap the surface...

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