privacy

This week’s Transatlantic Cable podcast dishes on a hacked plastic surgeon, unsafe dating apps, new forms of 2FA, and more.

Our research shows most users of online dating sites fudge information about themselves. Why they do it and what you can do about it.

Hello friend. Do you know how to protect yourself?

Everything you need to know about how to back up data right.

What if you could pay with your personal data for goods – as if it was some sort of currency? Sounds attractive… or scary?

Transatlantic Cable Podcast episode 2: autonomous pizza delivery, Sarahah’s privacy issues, reprieve for victims of Yahoo!’s data breach and more.

Everyone talks about the advantages of Bitcoin and blockchain, but we never seem to hear about their disadvantages. Perhaps now is the time.

Can I interest you in a nice, long, legally binding document? It’ll only take a few hours and maybe a law degree. No? You’re not alone.

Here’s why you need to ignore the Jayden K. Smith messages.

Targeted ads are all over the Internet nowadays. One minute you’re searching for information about hair loss, the next you’re seeing offers for a remedy. Click the Like button on

The amount of personal data leaked by companies that store or process it has been growing at an alarming rate over the past few years. Yahoo’s record-breaking 2016 data breach —

As you move around the Internet, it is almost impossible not to leave any digital footprints. And generally speaking, being followed on the Internet is not okay with most people.

Considering the sweeping regulations and laws meant to safeguard children’s privacy in particular, you might think electronic devices and connected toys for kids would be particularly safe and secure. We

Some time ago we tested FindFace, a service that compares photos with the database of avatars from the VK.com social network and looks for matches. Back then, my colleagues had some

1. What is a VPN? From Wikipedia’s current definition: “A virtual private network (VPN) is a virtualized extension of a private network across a public network such as the Internet.”

Update: The app described in this post is discontinued. Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Total Security users are familiar with Anti-Banner, a handy component that blocks annoying ads on websites and in

Modern smartphones have way more memory than desktop computers had a decade ago. Out of space? Why bother deleting anything when you can just replace your old 64GB memory card

Main Findings The rapid growth in the use of applications has significantly added to the digital clutter that exists on people’s digital devices: for example, users typically install 12 Android

Calling Captain Obvious…come in, Captain Obvious: Which IT threat brings the most danger to enterprises, SMBs, governments, and individuals? The answer, of course, is data breaches. Now: Which data breaches are

Who among us has never tried to imagine what future lies ahead? The average citizen might think a month or a year ahead, but futurologists try to forecast the destiny

Nowadays the proverb “the walls have ears” is not as metaphoric as it used to be. “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level