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Tests, shots, apps: The invasive new world of travel
Amid still-high numbers of Covid-19 cases in some countries and uneven vaccination rollouts around the world, talk about travel and upcoming summer getaways has started to hit fever pitch. The UK is m...
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Q&A with surveillance critic Albert Fox Cahn
Albert Fox Cahn is founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a non-profit organization that aims to ensure that technological advancements don’t com...
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Big Tech censoring you? Try a distributed social network
In January 2021, Poland proposed a law requiring social-media companies to restore any posts that the platforms had deleted, as long as the posts weren’t unlawful. This came days after several of fo...
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What does Big Tech know about you? Find out
By now, we’re all aware that Big Tech companies not only provide services like social media and internet searches, but they also obsessively track your data for big profits. So what exactly do big...
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1 year on: As Covid-19 raged, our privacy slid
It’s hard to overstate just how much the pandemic has shaped the way we lived, worked, studied, and traveled. As we pass the one-year mark since the WHO declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, an...
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What is a digital footprint and how can I manage it?
Think no one’s watching you browse the web? Think again. Every click, search, and social media post leaves behind a digital footprint—a trail of data that companies, advertisers, and even cybercri...
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Free and open-source software (FOSS): Pros and cons for security
Free and open-source software (FOSS), as the name suggests, is the crossover between free software and open-source software. While there are similarities between the two, there are some subtle differe...
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All in your head: Creating a Bitcoin ‘brainwallet’ with Diceware
One way to store Bitcoin is in your head. You do this by remembering a list of words—a method called brainwallet. The words need to be random and secure, which can be achieved using Diceware. In suc...
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Link tax: How countries are forcing Big Tech to pay for the news
This post was originally published on February 25, 2021. In the latest tug-of-war between Big Tech companies and regulatory powers, Australia has successfully pushed Facebook and Google into signing d...
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Free cybersecurity courses for protection and education
Cybersecurity can be a daunting subject to broach. With so many avenues to explore, it’s hard to know where to begin. Whether you’re looking for an introduction on the subject or looking to furthe...
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