What your mental health app reveals to big tech
Apps to help with stress, anxiety, and substance abuse are exploding in popularity. But are they giving away your privacy?
7 countries are calling for access to your private messages
Citing public safety, governments are pushing for backdoors into apps that have end-to-end encryption.
Quick biography: Edward Snowden
Since becoming a household name in 2013, Edward Snowden has remained in the global spotlight for his privacy advocacy and personal legal drama.
How to back up your files and encrypt them
Choose the best backup method for you. Keep your data safe and accessible with these tips.
How to improve your email security
No matter if it’s private communication or business, your emails contain practically everything there is to know about you. From your emails, anyone can learn...
Interested in cybersecurity jobs? You’ll need these skills
Cybersecurity is a lucrative field and professionals are in high demand.
Face masks do help evade facial recognition tech—for now
A study by the U.S. government found that even some highly accurate algorithms failed to match photos of masked individuals to their pictures up to 50% of the time.
How (and why) to keep multiple online identities separate
To keep an online persona separate from, and unconnected to, a legal identity, it’s important to understand which identifiers are commonly used to de-anonymize a person.
Modern-day encryption has ancient cryptography beginnings
How to communicate privately has fascinated mathematicians for millennia, possibly as far back as ancient Egypt. Greek strategists would often make use of simple...
Infographic: How your phone gives up your privacy
This visual guide covers mobile security tips, tricks, and best practices and will help secure your phone from the most determined of hackers.
