Finding the best anonymous proxy service can help you gain a small amount of additional online privacy. It can also help you unlock geo-blocked content. While these proxies are not as effective as VPNs are… Read More »The 5 Best Anonymous Web Proxy Services You Can Use
We have a strong focus on helping people stay anonymous or (at least) increasing their online privacy. The primary tool for this will always be a reliable VPN provider. The additional step that you can… Read More »Choose the Best Anonymous Browser: Stay Safe Online
2016 is nearly over, and if it has taught us anything it is that we have to take online security threats seriously. From popular TV shows, to music, to the DDoS attack on a prominent cyber security expert, to the presidential election, we have been shown time and time again online security poses real threats to everyone.
2016 has been the year that online security threats have been the most thrust into the headlines of world news. Here is hoping that 2017 is the year that people actually read about these online security threats, and then actually take action to do something about them.
Read More »The 6 Worst Online Security Threats: Be Aware or be Hacked
Passwords are an essential element of online security. Still, people commit the mistake of making common passwords (like 123456, password, and qwerty), use a single password for all accounts, or forget the passwords they made.… Read More »The 5 Best Password Managers: Protect your Passwords
Hello, and welcome to the first of our series of interviews with online security experts. We are starting out with an interview with Tripwire’s David Bisson, where he is the associate editor for The State of Security series.
David has been writing about online security and privacy issues for many years now. First starting way back when he wrote his senior thesis on the militaries digital weaponry. With a sigh on continuing his career in info sec journalism, his valuable insights below will be sure to help anyone looking to increase their online security.
Read More »Online Security Expert Interview Series with Tripwire’s David Bisson
Most of the time, hackers aren’t hacking just for the LOLz. Only sometimes. The rest of the time they are hacking into computers and servers for specific information which they can take. This information can be used for a number of things, one of the biggest being a profile that the data in your browser tells about you: This is browser fingerprinting.
Why is this ‘profile’, or online fingerprint, important? Let’s find out before hackers do, and let’s look at protecting this fingerprint as well so that you can be safer.
Read More »How to Avoid Browser Fingerprinting, Get More Online Privacy
Let’s face it: Your whole life is on your smartphone, isn’t it? With more of us putting more and more of ourselves in apps, it’s well past time we all started looking at using encryption to our advantage. One way you can do this is using a VPN like IPVanish, which has a great app for Android, whenever you connect to public WiFi with your smartphone.
Another useful form of encryption comes from app lock tools like the 10 we’ll look at in this article. They can protect you, with encryption, if someone does manage to get into your smartphone via digital or physical means.
Read More »The Best App Lock Tools for Android: 7 Reviewed and Rated
It wasn’t very long ago when everyone just assumed that emails were perfectly safe and private. The government wasn’t allowed to snoop on our phone calls whenever they felt like it. Without having a good… Read More »How to Set Up an Anonymous Email Account: Enjoy Private Communication Again
There are many different things which you can learn about VPNs. There’s our post on the different types of encryption, for example. But another nitty-gritty detail is what types of
Get ready to learn about:
The more you know about VPNs, the better you’ll feel about how they protect your privacy, data, and give you the security you deserve.
Read More »The 2 Types of VPN Networks, How They Work, and Tunnelling
Privacy and security on the Internet is becoming a bigger and bigger issue all the time. Unfortunately, people are trying to take back their privacy and security online …and have no idea what they’re doing. This leads to confusion, vulnerabilities, hacking, and things like the new Opera VPN (which isn’t as advertised).
Let’s take a moment to really look at privacy and security tools that you can use on your computer that will actually help you. Some of them are a bit advanced, but you can learn how to do them with a bit of reading.
Read More »Privacy and Security on the Internet: Advanced Tools Anyone Can Use