Outlook for Android fails to keep emails confidential
Did you know that Outlook and many other email and mobile messaging Android apps store your emails and messages on the device’s SD card, unencrypted, and accessible to …
Apps on your Android phone can take photos without you knowing
A researcher has demonstrated that it’s possible for malicious attackers to create an Android app that will surreptitiously take pictures and upload them to a remote …
Anti-surveillance mask foils facial recognition systems
The unnerving ubiquity of security cameras in public places and the fact that an increasing number of them are connected to facial recognition systems has spurred …
Facebook introduces privacy check up tool
Facebook continues on its course to give users more privacy by making “Friends” the default sharing option for first time posters, and by introducing a privacy …
CERN, MIT scientists launch Swiss-based secure webmail
Last week marked the beta release of yet another encrypted, secure email service, and interest for it was so overwhelming that its developers had to temporarily close the …
OnionShare lets you send files securely and anonymously
A new programming project that allows users to send files anonymously over Tor has been made available on GitHub by its author Micah Lee, former staff technologist at the EFF …
Free encrypted mobile messaging app for iOS
SRD Wireless launched PQChat, a free app for iOS designed to make communications between people and businesses as safe, secure and private as possible. NTS protects data using …
Secure public WiFi with avast! SecureLine for iOS
While constant Internet connectivity can be useful, it does create many privacy and security issues whose existence remains a mystery for the majority of mobile users. If you …
Tech companies and privacy practices: Who has your back?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published its fourth annual “Who Has Your Back” report that aims to show which major technology companies are good at …
Tor cannot protect you from targeted surveillance
In the wake of all the revelations about mass Internet surveillance efforts by the US NSA, a lot of users but also many businesses and government agencies around the world …
NSA allegedly puts backdoors on American-made network devices
Glenn Greenwald’s new book titled No Place to Hide is out today. Aside from telling the story of how he worked with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and journalist Laura …
“Your Photos Are being Used” phishing scam targeting Facebook users
Another day, another Facebook phishing scam. This one comes in the form of a warning sent by a friend: “OMG YOUR PHOTOS ARE BEING USED ON THIS SITE.” The victim, …
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