How To Set Up Your Own VPN In 10 Minutes (With Vultr)
You can set up a fully-functioning VPN server in 10 minutes, using the hosting service Vultr.
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A Guide To Watching TV Online For Free
A survey of free TV shows and movies available online.
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An Introduction To Privacy-Friendly Services
This is a guide to reliable privacy-friendly services and applications.
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Getting Started With Ethereum
Ethereum is a decentralized computing platform and crytocurrency. Ethereum uses Bitcoin’s blockchain technology to create a protocol for “smart contracts”.
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Using Firefox’s Reader View To Remove Web Clutter
The Firefox browser has a useful feature called “Reader View” which strips away clutter like buttons, ads and background images. It also adjusts the page’s text size, contrast and layout for better readability. You can find the Reader View button here: Here is an article from Reuters as it appears in Page View Mode: There
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A Field Guide To Malware In 2016
Malware is used for a wide variety purposes from sleazy business practices to blatant crime. Discussions of malware often mix up the technology of malware and their uses. You will see below that the same technology can be used to direct ads to you that normally you would not see, or steal your credentials to
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A Guide To Avoiding Ransomware (Part 2)
An easy way to avoid ransomware: only open unknown/unexpected files using Google Docs or Preview.
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A Guide To Avoiding Ransomware (Part 1)
Ransomware is malicious software that allows a hacker to access an individual or company computer, encrypt your data resident on it and then demand some form of payment to decrypt it. This lets hackers hold your data hostage – and hence the term “ransom”. Victims can regain access to their files only by paying the ransom, or by restoring from a backup that was hopefully not on a network that was accessible to the compromised computer.
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