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The U.S. government and Carnegie Mellon University have collaborated to undermine Tor privacy technology. That’s according to a court document that became public a few days ago. As Motherboard first reported, information surfaced back in November that a university had provided information to the FBI that enabled it to identify specific Tor users. At first, […]
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Smart thermostats — the kind that connect to your home’s wireless network so that they can be controlled over the Internet — are increasingly popular. But their rapid rate of adoption has far outpaced discussion of the security and privacy risks they pose. Here’s an overview of these privacy challenges, and tips for addressing them.
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These days, iPhones offer many more privacy features out-of-the-box than they used to. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do to make Apple iOS more secure and private than it already is. Here are additional steps you can take to increase iPhone privacy. Disable browser cookies. Turn off cookies in the Safari browser.
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If you want the privacy advantages of using a secure Linux-based OS like Tails but don’t want to use Linux all the time, an easy (and free) solution is to run Tails inside a virtual machine. Here’s how. These instructions should work for pretty much any Linux-based OS. But we have written them for Tails,
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Netflix has begun aggressively increasing its efforts to ban users of VPNs and other proxies from accessing its content. But there are still some strategies that will allow you to get around this ban. Here are some potential solutions. First, a little background. In January, Netflix started making it much harder for people who use
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If you thought Apple’s battle against government encryption backdoors would lead to more privacy and security on mobile devices, think again. Amazon has just announced plans to make its Fire HDX tablets less private by ceasing to support full device data encryption. Fire OS, Amazon’s operating system for Fire tablets, used to support full device
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In a Nutshell Hotspot Shield VPN is one of the most popular free VPN services. That alone is a big selling point for many users. The company also offers a low-priced paid service called Hotspot Shield Elite. Both versions of Hotspot Shield VPN — free and paid — lack many of the features available from
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ICLOAK recently launched its plug-and-play online privacy solution, which is based on a custom Linux distribution that boots from a USB stick. We contacted the company to get a better sense of how exactly its privacy features work, including Tor integration, VPN availability and more. This is what ICLOAK founder Eric Delisle said in response
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