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Maybe it’s time to dump social media, just for a little bit
For a lot of us these days, the internet has become our sole tether to the outside world, connecting us virtually to family and friends and facilitating our work and play. If you weren’t already spe...
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What is GDPR and how do you obtain GDPR compliance?
To understand the story of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we must rewind back to 2011. That was when newly graduated Austrian lawyer and data protection activist Max Schrems filed a re...
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The EU wants you to have the ‘right to repair’ your electronic devices
This post was originally published on March 27, 2020. If you’re frustrated at not being able to switch batteries in your older generation iPhone, or not being able to update your classic click-wheel...
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Why isn’t Big Tech embraced in its own backyard?
Silicon Valley and San Francisco’s Bay Area have long been synonymous with Big Tech. It was the center of the dot-com boom of the ’90s, which ushered in the fastest adoption of new technology in m...
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8 anti-spam techniques your email uses to prevent spam
It’s difficult to define exactly what constitutes email spam. What might be a useful newsletter to one person could be unwanted advertising to another, and a welcome business opportunity will be ill...
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Organizations push Google for tighter control over bloatware
Is your Android device glitchy and unresponsive? Part of the problem could be bloatware: pre-bundled apps and software that can’t be deleted, no matter how hard you try. Despite Android dominating g...
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Global Internet and Social Media Censorship Report, 2020
NOTE: This post was originally published on January 24, 2020 Around the world, internet censorship remains a popular tool of authoritarian governments to prevent information from spreading, to stop pe...
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Google’s smart city project: A privacy hot button
This post was originally published on December 12, 2019. Check out the previous post in this series: What are smart cities? In 2017, when Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs announced Quayside, a project in pa...
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Get the ExpressVPN Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal
Serious bargain hunters need no reminder: The two most anticipated days for finding great deals in the U.S. are approaching. Black Friday falls on November 27 this year, with Cyber Monday happening on...
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Facebook’s cryptocurrency has governments scrambling
There are over 2,000 cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain instruments commonly traded on more than 250 platforms around the world. Some of these currencies are created by pseudonymous individuals ...
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