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Securitum signed off on DuckDuckGo's no-logs policy last month. The audit is better than most and thinner than some, and understanding why is the difference between useful privacy scepticism and reading marketing copy.
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Apple volunteered to be the internet's bouncer. The UK didn't even ask. Now the same infrastructure is heading to the US, France, and Australia. And VPNs are next on the list.
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While a few years ago, Net Neutrality was only a niche subject talked about in the Bay Area, in recent years the debate has been spreading coast-to-coast, well beyond the usual boundaries of social circles. With online streaming and the cable-cutting movement gaining momentum, the Internet is now part of
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You probably have already been in a situation where you needed to jot down notes: from a short post-it scribbled in a jiffy, to a blog post or essay draft, or even a brilliant idea for your next novel. But even though Moleskine notebooks still enjoy some popularity, most of
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Dropbox users on GNU/Linux distributions were first surprised when an eerie notification popped up on their screen. A thread was opened on Dropbox forums [https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Syncing-and-uploads/Dropbox-client-warns-me-that-it-ll-stop-syncing-in-Nov-why/td-p/290058] , reporting: > These days, I found my Dropbox Linux desktop client always report the following warning:
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DtDNS was originally founded to provide services to the users left stranded by the original dyndns service's disappearance, ml.org. But the company announced its coming shut down on August 1, 2018, after over 18 years of service. Among the reasons invoked, the difficulty to maintain a free
When OVH announced its own cloud storage product in September 2011, it was positioned as the cheapest cloud ever: more affordable than Dropbox yet out of the US territory as it was hosted in France, a country with one of the most restrictive privacy laws. The promise hubiC was billed
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PornHub's expansion into the VPN market should come as no surprise. The adult entertainment company chose to focus on the mobile segment, by announcing a free and unlimited VPN app for Android and iOS. With the help of cheesy ads [https://youtu.be/IGzWZ6T9fqo] and this free plan,
When you want a step up from shared hosting or wish for more freedom to install your own software (such as a VPN), a VPS can be a solution. But how do you know if your provider respects your privacy? Enter HarborVPS: the Canadian-owned Swiss VPS company. Why Switzerland? Switzerland
For a limited time, you can get a lifetime CyberGhost Premium account for USD 84.99 [https://stacksocial.com/sales/cyberghost-vpn-lifetime-subscription?aid=a-rm9ng2tx] . Moreover, get an additional 15% off with the couponCYBERGHOST15 CyberGhost was at first a Romanian VPN but it was acquired by the company Crossrider in 2017, which
The U.S. government announced it had darkened a key domain related to VpnFilter, a sprawling malware botnet that in recent days had hacked over 500,000 routers and other devices in 54 countries. Image credit: Cisco TalosInitially detected by the Cisco Talos Intelligence Group [https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/
Plex announced the implementation of an often-asked feature: podcasts. If you don't know what Plex is, you're missing out. Plex is the combination of a Plex Media Server and players that are compatible with the devices you already have. Be it your Android or iOS phone/
Intro This man is Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck. In 1809, 50 years before Darwin published The Origin of the Species, he wrote what is widely recognized as the first comprehensive theory of evolution. His book, the Philosophie Zoologique introduced the notion of an internal code
The Wi-Fi Alliance consortium has launched a new protocol that allows manufacturers to develop devices that are compatible with those of other companies: EasyMesh What Wi-Fi Mesh means, is a wireless network formed by routers that transmit the signal to each other. It is an easy to use and safe
Earlier today, a group of European researchers from Münster University, Ruhr-University, and KU Leuven University released a warning on Twitter: > We'll publish critical vulnerabilities in PGP/GPG and S/MIME email encryption on 2018-05-15 07:00 UTC. They might reveal the plaintext of encrypted emails, including encrypted
Telegram is deploying proxies across various cloud providers to allow users of the secure messenger app to continue chatting privately, bypassing the block on Telegram's own network. Russia asked Google and Apple to remove Telegram from their stores [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-telegram-stores/russia-asks-google-and-apple-to-remove-telegram-from-stores-ifax-idUSKBN1HO0ZX] , the Interfax news
