privacy

What are social networks usually used for? For the most part, people use them to stay in touch with with friends, watch funny videos or catch with the latest news.

While identity theft is something that we all know is scary, people generally are more passive with protecting their digital identity. However recent trends of breaches and stolen personal data

As part of our series looking at privacy, we will take a look at VKontakte (aka VK.com) a Russian social network to showcase how they look at privacy in comparison

Today a smartphone has become an integral part of our life. We constantly use phones for work, study, travel, and they are increasingly starting to know more about us than

Following recent terrorist attacks accusations against encrypted means of online communications once again became louder. However the proposed solutions could create even more problems. Governments around the world – from

Nothing says the holiday season like over-spending on toys and devices for our children. It really shows how much we care – right? Chances are, there is a toy or

Over the past few weeks, we’ve discussed a few areas where you should brush up on your personal privacy settings for both Facebook and Google. Chances are you read it

There was a time when Google was simply a search engine. Albeit one that we always knew collected a lot of data to make search results — and ads —

Cybercriminals hunt for data of all kinds: personal details, photos, videos and even ways that users interact with others; this data is often stolen from social networks. Stolen data is

In case you haven’t noticed, Facebook has been rolling out a more robust search functionality. The service, launched last week, is called Search FYI. Tom Stocky, Facebook’s VP of Search,

The world is a reality TV show and sometimes we cannot resist the opportunity to snap up our piece of fame. We are posting funny pics of ourselves to amuse

As proven by Ed Snowden and Co., utopias are a myth. The anti-utopian storylines have been ingrained in our everyday lives. Technological progress brings a lot of magnificent things like

Yesterday The European Court of Justice ruled that the Safe Harbor agreement, which allows American companies to store and move personal data of European users in the United States if

When I was growing up, my parents would often embarrass me in front of future ex-girlfriends as well as my friends by pulling out photo albums compiled of photos from

Do you consider yourself cyber-literate? Have you been so immersed in the online life so you can tell what’s real and what’s fake? We recently decided to test our reader’

Surveillance cameras are everywhere today: outdoors and indoors, at airports, railroad stations, offices, and shops. You cannot escape the all-seeing eye of the cameras even in the wild, making George

When you search, watch, read, or purchase anything online, the information on your clicks, search inputs, visited websites, or purchases article is logged. This data is available to both website

The new trend on IFA 2015 — a trade show for consumer electronics — is all about innovations in technological integrity. Developers chase after hardware superiority no more; instead they

The Ashley Madison scandal reached its peak when hackers published private users data on the darknet. Allegedly two suicides followed the incident and the sticky situation turned out to be

Nowadays parents are getting more and more concerned about what you do on the Internet. They know that there are lots of creepy weirdos and malicious viruses on the Internet;

Abuse of big data means your worst paranoia scenarios come true, including, among other things, the endless government surveillance, insurance agencies despotism and employers tyranny. Like it or not, the