Coveron is worth considering if you are an eligible US customer who wants identity monitoring and a route to recovery help in one subscription. Its plans serve ...
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Facebook’s Like Button Bait and Switch: A History of Meta’s Dark Patterns
On a quiet Oscar Sunday in February 2011, Facebook pulled off one of the most calculated product changes in social media history. Without warning, without a ...
CAPTCHA Evolution: The History of How Websites Prove You’re Human
At some point in the last two decades, every person with an internet connection has been asked the same deeply strange question: prove you are not a robot. You ...
Digital Identity Systems: Government Internet ID & Privacy Risks Explained
Correction, November 5, 2026: EU Digital Identity Wallet use is voluntary. An earlier version incorrectly described use as mandatory. NIST’s authentication ...
Internet Surveillance Laws: From SOPA & CISPA to Modern Privacy Battles
Back in 2013, CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) triggered one of the largest online protests since the SOPA blackout. The bill proposed ...
Google Censorship: What They Filter and What They Don’t
In January 2011, we first reported on something that seemed small but carried enormous implications: Google was quietly removing torrent-related keywords from ...
How does a VPN protect user privacy and anonymity?
The VPN industry has a marketing problem: it sells privacy as a binary thing — install our app, become anonymous — when the actual privacy gain in 2026 is ...
Popular apps caught sharing user’s location data with US military
A November 2020 report published by Vice’s online magazine, Motherboard, reported on the sale of app location data through brokers and military-linked buyers. ...
iOS 27 Guide for Beginners: Set Up, Secure and Use Your iPhone
iOS 27 is the current iPhone software as of September 14, 2026, the day Apple started rolling it out as a free update. It runs on every iPhone that could run ...
How to Protect Yourself When Downloading Torrents: A Complete Safety Guide
I've been torrenting legally for over fifteen years — Linux ISOs, Creative Commons music, public domain films, open-source software builds. And during that ...
3 ways to test if you are vulnerable to hackers
Online security has become just as important as in real life. A real-life robbery can leave us injured and robbed of some resources. While an online attack may ...
6 Best Private Messaging Apps for Secure Chats in 2026
Private messaging apps promise confidential conversations, but the reality is more complicated. Some apps encrypt messages by default while others require ...
Somehow Facebook continues to grow, despite constant scandal
Facebook announced their quarterly earnings on Wednesday. The tech giant has been drenched in scandals that show no signs of slowing down. Their latest squabble ...
Google also has a data-collecting app, just like Facebook
After the shocking revelation on Tuesday about a Facebook app that collected web browsing and other sensitive data from its users, TechCrunch is back with a ...
Apple blocks Facebook from running internal apps on iOS
Apple has responded to the Facebook Research app scandal with decisive action. Facebook was collecting data from teenagers in return for small payments, in open ...
