Digital freedom

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3 mins

Why Facebook is the tool of choice for government manipulation

The Global Disinformation Order, a new study by the Oxford Internet Institute, confirms our worst fears about governments’ use of social media to influence...
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Opt out of a face scan at the airport? Easier said than done.

This post was originally published on September 27, 2019. Air travel is stressful—from finding the best flight prices to lining up for what feels like...
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Instead of freeing us, the internet is making us conform

The fact that we’re far less likely to engage in deviant behavior if we think we’re being watched isn’t a new discovery. In 2012, a...
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3 mins

Is your car spying on you?

Unlike many other devices, cars are not prefixed with the word smart. Even if they’re connected to the internet—and have the ability to collect...
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4 mins

Want to trade crypto? Here are the top 5 exchanges to try your hand

To buy Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, you have multiple options. You can go to a Bitcoin ATM, accept them as payments for your goods...
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Interview: Meet the person protecting human rights activists amid mass surveillance

Front Line Defenders’s Mohammed Al-Maskati has spent most of his life fighting for human rights in Bahrain and the Middle East. But in recent...
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What is a Bitcoin node and who needs one?

The Bitcoin network does not have a central authority that decides which transactions are valid and which are not. There is nobody who issues...
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3 mins

Staying private online could save you big bucks

By far the biggest offenders when it comes to mining your data are not governments or police, but rather advertising agencies. They will buy...
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7 privacy and security takeaways in Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report

Technology analyst Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report sheds light on important changes in online privacy and security.
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5 mins

How to set up your own home server

This guide requires you to use the command line interface, or CLI, and an SSH client. SSH (Secure Shell) is a popular tool to...

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