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What is email tracking, and why you should turn it off
The simple act of reading your email could give companies and advertisers a lot more information than you’d like. Email tracking allows the sender to see when an email was opened by a recipient, h...
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Australia’s ‘hacking’ bill lets police take over a person’s social media
Last week, Australia passed a bill that would give police a lot of power to spy on people through their online accounts and devices. Read on to find out how Orwellian this surveillance bill is—and b...
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Tips to safeguard your privacy before a device repair
Handing your device over to a repair professional can be nerve-racking. Will the repair person figure out your credit card details? Will they find your tax documents? What about those sensitive photos...
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5 times misuse of work email got someone fired
There are many reasons not to use your work email for personal matters, not least that it's probably against company policy. Most work emails are likely monitored, company emails are easy targets for ...
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8 of the biggest crypto thefts of all time
It’s easy to see why crypto heists capture the public imagination. First, there’s the sheer amount of money to be pilfered—legacy banking institutions rarely get robbed of such vast amounts of m...
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3 easy privacy settings on iPhone you didn’t know about
Apple is considered the more secure operating system than Android. As a closed system, Apple doesn’t release its source code to app developers and doesn’t let users modify any of its products. The...
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Is this attack a hack… or hacktivism?
A portmanteau of hack and activism, hacktivism is the exploitation of technology to influence social or political change. Protests are often against government oppression, corporations’ actions, and...
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15 niche streaming services: Find the one for you
Love anime? Obsessed with horror? Just want to stream live bowling? While the likes of Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max are trying to be all things to all people, various niche streaming services have sp...
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How to change sensitive-content settings on social media
Social-media platforms have increasingly given users the ability to opt out of seeing “sensitive” or “mature” content on their feeds, with Instagram being the latest to add this feature. But w...
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Explainer: Apple’s plans to scan your iPhone photos
Update: Following Apple's August 2021 announcement of its plans to scan devices for child-sex-abuse material, the company has said it would delay implementing this system in light of criticism from cu...
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