Tips & tricks

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4 mins

7 countries are calling for access to your private messages

Citing public safety, governments are pushing for backdoors into apps that have end-to-end encryption.
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3 mins

Quick biography: Edward Snowden

Since becoming a household name in 2013, Edward Snowden has remained in the global spotlight for his privacy advocacy and personal legal drama.
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6 mins

How to back up your files and encrypt them

Choose the best backup method for you. Keep your data safe and accessible with these tips.
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6 mins

How to improve your email security

No matter if it’s private communication or business, your emails contain practically everything there is to know about you. From your emails, anyone can learn...
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4 mins

Interested in cybersecurity jobs? You’ll need these skills

Cybersecurity is a lucrative field and professionals are in high demand.
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2 mins

Face masks do help evade facial recognition tech—for now

A study by the U.S. government found that even some highly accurate algorithms failed to match photos of masked individuals to their pictures up to 50% of the time.
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10 mins

How (and why) to keep multiple online identities separate

To keep an online persona separate from, and unconnected to, a legal identity, it’s important to understand which identifiers are commonly used to de-anonymize a person.
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6 mins

Modern-day encryption has ancient cryptography beginnings

How to communicate privately has fascinated mathematicians for millennia, possibly as far back as ancient Egypt. Greek strategists would often make use of simple...
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1 min

Infographic: How your phone gives up your privacy

This visual guide covers mobile security tips, tricks, and best practices and will help secure your phone from the most determined of hackers.
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3 mins

Here’s how bug bounties improve security

Software could be the most complex tool created by humans. While it might still be possible for a single individual to understand all the...

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