Using Telegram, a secure instant messaging app, in Iran is becoming more difficult. The company behind the software has catered to pressure from the Iranian government to curtail certain of the app’s features. Telegram bills itself as “a new era of messaging.” Designed to be cross-platform, free and fast, Telegram provides security and privacy features …
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Wouldn’t it be nice if there were an OS designed from the ground-up for privacy and security? If you’re willing to give a Linux-based platform a try, there is: The Amnesic Incognito Live System — better known as Tails OS. It aims to make private computing a plug-and-play affair. Most mainstream operating systems do little …
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From Heartbleed to Shellshock, the world of open-source computing has faced several high-profile security breaches in the last year. What are open-source developers – whose code powers many of the servers and websites that store millions of people’s personal information – doing about them? That’s the question Linus Torvalds, lead Linux kernel developer, helped answer …
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Hiding your tracks online via Tor, the software that helps conceal users’ identity by randomly routing their Internet traffic through a network of relays, may soon become tougher — at least in the office. This week, IBM is encouraging businesses (PDF) to start blocking Tor on their networks. IBM says companies should excise Tor services …
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More than six months after news broke about a flaw in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that lets websites view visitors’ local IP addresses even if they are logged into a VPN, an official fix has made its way into Chrome. You can check if you are revealing your IP address here. The vulnerability centered …
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Many people use “free” and “open” web proxies to access Netflix and other streaming services when traveling outside the U.S. However, new research suggests that most of these services attempt to spy on your internet activities.
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China has been busy this month, blocking many important websites, including all of Google’s services. The New York Times reports: As part of a broad campaign to tighten internal security, the Chinese government has draped a darker shroud over Internet communications in recent weeks, a situation that has made it more difficult for Google and …
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