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US Attorney General Reignites Call For Encryption Backdoors

By Lucian Armasu published

Attorney General William Barr has restarted the war on cryptography with a renewed call to to tech companies to implement encryption backdoors.

Cyber Security

StrongVPN Review: Strong and Simple

By Sead Fadilpašić published

StrongVPN provides all the standard privacy mechanisms and strong encryption. But details on its no-logs policy are scarce.

VPN

IPVanish VPN Review: Powerful Performance, Privacy Concerns

By Sead Fadilpašić published

IPVanish is an excellent VPN when it comes to speeds, connectivity and features. But there are concerns over its no-logging policy.

VPN

Google Escapes Its Biggest Privacy Scandal Virtually Unscathed

By Lucian Armasu published

Bloomberg reported that Google has settled for $13 million with the people whose data the company stole with its Street View cars between 2008-2010.

Cyber Security

NordVPN Review: Top-Notch Security, Spotty Connection

By Sead Fadilpašić published

NordVPN is cost-efficient, providing a large number of servers and a wide array of features focused on privacy and security.

VPN

Hotspot Shield VPN Review: User-Friendly, Somewhat Limited

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Hotspot Shield VPN is great for reaching geo-restricted services, P2P and torrenting. But privacy-related incidents and its location are concerning.

VPN

Chrome 76 To Prevent Incognito Mode Detection

By Lucian Armasu published

Chrome 76 will stop websites from detecting whether or not a user is in Incognito Mode.

Google Chrome

Surfshark VPN Review: Unlimited Simultaneous Connections

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Surfshark has unique privacy features and is great for homes or businesses with multiple connections.

VPN

Bluetooth Flaw Enables Tracking on Windows PCs (Updated)

By Nathaniel Mott published

Researchers discovered flaws in the Bluetooth implementations of Windows 10, macOS and iOS that allow devices running those operating systems to be tracked.

Cyber Security

NSA Starts Contributing Low-Level Code to UEFI BIOS Alternative

By Lucian Armasu published

NSA's Eugene Myers has started contributing low-level implementation code for a SMI Transfer Monitor for the Coreboot projected, raising potential security and privacy issues.

Cyber Security
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