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8 ways your email stops spam
Email spam has evolved dramatically, but so have the tools to detect it. Here's how spam filters keep your inbox clean.
Students and activists in the U.S. lead the fight against facial...
Facial recognition tech can identify us in crowds, but a new wave of privacy advocates want to outlaw the algorithms across the U.S.
How to work from home: Keeping safe and sane while remote
The coronavirus outbreak has prompted a lot of companies, including Google and Apple, to recommend their employees work from...
Google is trying to make its new terms of service more...
NOTE: This post was originally published on March 6, 2020
If you’ve googled something at some point in the last...
Let’s Encrypt has issued a billion certificates, securely encrypting nearly 200...
An effortless way to check whether the site you just logged on to maintains an encrypted connection is whether...
Chrome extensions found leaking millions of records
Malicious browser extensions discreetly uploaded personal user data to unknown servers, in a complex web that could be at least 3 years old.
Facial recognition works even when you’re covering your face
Until recently, facial recognition software needed to scan your entire face in order to attempt to identify you. That...
A new survey shows Americans increasingly care about privacy
Given how many privacy breaches hit the news, it’s of little surprise that 96% of Americans recently surveyed by...
Google was publicly indexing your private WhatsApp groups, and no one...
The loophole for the messaging app was only spotlighted recently, but it’s not clear how long they were publicly searchable.
An open-source alternative to Google Maps
Google knows a lot about you. From your search history to everything you ask your voice assistant, the tech...
