What are the most dangerous technologies of the surveillance age?
Technology such as encryption, VPNs, and Tor can help us maintain and defend our privacy online. But technology can also work in the opposite direction,...
What will happen to internet privacy in the future?
Unfortunately, we have reached a point where the internet doesn’t work correctly unless we sacrifice some of our privacy. Everything from Twitter to cell...
Weighing up the morality of internet privacy
The difference between right and wrong is rarely black and white. When it comes to the big moral issues around internet privacy—from government surveillance...
How plausible deniability can protect your data
Plausible deniability allows individuals to claim they had no involvement in an action taken by others (or, in some cases, themselves). For example, though you...
Is internet privacy a lost cause?
Most people think of privacy as a fundamental right. The right to have a personal conversation without someone listening, the right to keep your...
Am I being spied on? Here’s how you might be
Here are the various ways someone might be able to spy on you online.
Swedes are inserting tiny microchips under their skin
Fed up with carrying cumbersome keychains and bulky wallets? Why not copy a growing number of Swedes and implant tiny microchips into your fingers? Instead...
Headed to New Zealand? Prepare to unlock your phone at Customs
NOTE: This post was originally published on October 16, 2018 Something fishy’s brewing down under—and it’s not just fish and chips. This month New Zealand...
ExpressVPN launches “Signals of Trustworthy VPNs” with CDT
NOTE: This post was originally published on October 16, 2018 Crunchy? Extra creamy? Reduced fat? Old-fashioned, whatever that means? We’ve all had that feeling of being...
4 ways the CIA can hack you right now
Five years ago, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA extensively collects information on citizens worldwide. It’s now clear that privacy is no longer a...
