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Don’t want Big Tech knowing what apps you download? The Aurora Store is one private alternative to the Google Play Store.

Improvements to the Lightning Network have made it easy to pay by Bitcoin with a low fee.

When it comes to invasive algorithms, Amazon is rarely mentioned in the same breath as Facebook or Google. Perhaps that’s a mistake.

It’s an alternative to iOS and Android that offers privacy and can help free your digital life from Big Tech Apple and Google.

Residents of California, Massachusetts, and Maine had their say over facial recognition, data gathering, and the right to repair vehicles.

The regulations aim to level the playing field and foster competition by forcing Google, Facebook, and others to share data with rivals.

Right now, it’s alarmingly easy for the U.S. president to make the internet go dark. A new bill aims to change that.

Citizens subconsciously modify their behavior in the presence of surveillance devices. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have the same effect on law enforcement.

Her disclosure of hundreds of thousands of confidential military and U.S. state documents resulted in a 35-year prison sentence.