WIRED Everyone is vulnerable to the threat of cybercriminals or hackers getting access to your information, but the threats aren’t equal for everyone. The average person will likely face fewer sophisticated threats than, say, a …
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WIRED On Wednesday, an unprecedented Twitter hack saw the accounts of Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Apple, Uber, and more fall into the hands of attackers who used that access …
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Mullvad We frequently get questions about HK and its new security law.The most common question is “Why haven’t you already pulled out of HK altogether?”, but some customers emphasize the need of servers in HK …
Electronic Frontier Foundation The European Union’s highest court today made clear—once again—that the US government’s mass surveillance programs are incompatible with the privacy rights of EU citizens. The judgment was made in the latest case …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in partnership with the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, today launched the largest-ever collection of searchable data on police use of …
Linux Uprising KeePassXC 2.6.0 was released recently with improvements like an overhauled user interface with new light and dark themes, new offline password health check, check passwords against the Have I Been Pwned online service, …
Bleeping Computer Google will update its Google Ads Enabling Dishonest Behavior policy to globally ban advertising for spyware and surveillance technology known as stalkerware starting with August 11, 2020. Stalkerware tech allows third-parties to monitor one’s mobile …
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Cybersecurity Insiders It is already a known fact that the US Government is planning to impose a ban on the Video Sharing and Social Networking app TikTok because of National Security concerns. But fresh reports …
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WIRED A new national security law has turned Hong Kong into a battleground for the United States and China’s escalating war over control of the global internet. Whether Hong Kong eventually falls behind China’s Great …
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Nitrokey In 2015, when we transferred our hobby project Crypto Stick to the professional company Nitrokey, it was clear to us from the beginning that we would carry out the serial production of Nitrokeys in …
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The Hacker News In a joint operation, European and British law enforcement agencies recently arrested hundreds of alleged drug dealers and other criminals after infiltrating into a global network of an encrypted chatting app that …
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FOSS Linux We recommend ufw together with the graphic tool gufw for all users regardless if you are a Linux novices or an experienced Linux geek. privacynow.eu team A properly configured firewall is a crucial …