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WiFi is incredibly important in the modern world. Coffee shops around the world lure in customers by offering it for free, thousands of dollars are spent by college campuses to provide it to students, and the United States Government even has a 100-billion dollar plan to provide it to the entire country. However, this vital piece of technology isn’t very well understood. We know it allows us to connect to the Internet, but how?

Within the last year or so, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have become immensely popular. To some, they are considered to be smart investments, while others believe that cryptocurrencies are unreliable and for suckers. One particular group of people, however, seems to be benefitting greatly from the mysterious virtual coins.

In recent years, a lot of fuss has been made about different uses of CCTV footage. In some cases, this comes from state actors using it to identify individuals based on things like gait, silhouette, facial features, etc.. However, their use is extremely common, and their applications varied. With this in mind, what is CCTV, how is it used, why, and does it pose a threat to you and your privacy?

In the latest news regarding the perpetual battle between corporations and malefactors on the Internet, Microsoft has declared that it has come out victorious against the largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack to date.

Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers in the world. Users from around the world do their work, school, and leisure on it. However, some people aren’t aware of how powerful and customizable it is in the form of extensions.

Mozilla Firefox recently implemented a feature back in September that was optional before, but is now enabled by default. There’s been some outrage over this; however, not a lot of discussion about what it actually does and what it means. Let’s break down how it works, and whether or not it poses a significant privacy risk to you.

If you are among the millions of Americans that is deeply concerned about their privacy, then this article should be of great interest to you. While we have discussed some of the privacy features that you can enable on both iPhones and Android devices in previous articles, we have never closely examined which of the two is superior in terms of privacy.

Recently, a report was released that found that over 11 billion dollars were spent in 2020 on the “location intelligence” industry. These are people who extract marketing data, security threats, and large-scale group behavior based on the location and movements of individuals as tracked by their phones.