“Big Brother is watching you.”
— George Orwell, 1984
Classroom Censorship: How to Unblock Instagram at School
You’ve heard all the warnings from your parents and teachers a million times: social media is a distraction from learning and has no place in…
Privacy and Punishment: Are VPNs Legal?
When you want to go covert online, channeling all your web activity through a virtual private network, or VPN, is one of the smartest moves…
World Wide Web Watchers: Five Eyes, Nine Eyes, Fourteen Eyes and You
Espionage has been a topic of intrigue for as long as it’s existed, the subject of countless films and books, both fictional and nonfictional. In…
How to Erase Yourself from the Internet: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Disappearance
When digital life gets stressful, you can’t help but wish you could just disappear from the internet. Imagine a day without constant email and social…
What Are the Most Secure Email Providers?
Email is one of those things we simply take for granted – it’s so easy to set up and access a Gmail, Yahoo or Outlook…
How to Encrypt Your Internet Connection
If you’re anything like the majority of internet users, you probably don’t feel any pressing need to encrypt your internet traffic. After all, you’re no…
A Fishy Disguise: Spear Phishing, How it Works and How to Protect Yourself
You plop down in your cubicle after a long weekend and see that you have a new email. It’s from your boss, though it’s not…
How PII Is Collected And Who Profits
You provide some of it voluntarily on your social media profiles. Signup forms and surveys request other pieces of it. And even more, is sneakily…
Mobile Malware: When Your Phone Becomes Their Prey
You’ve been online long enough to know the deal: viruses are serious business. It’s been ages since you opened a sketchy email attachment, but malware…
Which Is the Most Secure & Private Web Browser?
Ever since the internet became mainstream, a great debate has taken place both in and out of techie circles: which web browser is the best?…
Advertising IDs: How Mobile Devices Track You (the Spy in Your Pocket)
As you make your morning rounds on social media, you notice a new ad on your Facebook feed. It’s for that clothing store you were…
