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Android’s Factory Reset Leaves Recoverable Data on Device

Planning on selling your used Android phones and tablets or giving it away to a charitable donation bank? Have you done so in the past? You might want to know that a recent study conducted by popular security software maker Avast, discovered that Android’s factory reset failed to permanently wipe out your personal data, including […]

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Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules It Can Force You To Decrypt Your Computer

No you didn’t read that headline incorrectly.  In a baffling verdict, that seems to totally contradict the 5th amendment, the Massachusetts Supreme court recently ruled that it is legal for them to force you to decrypt your computer as part of a police investigation; much to the chagrin of privacy advocates.  This is a question […]

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Mass Surveillance Supposedly Legal Under UK Law

The British government officially admitted to mass surveillance of their own citizens for the first time last week while advising it was all done without breaking any laws. The director general of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Charles Farr, spoke of how everything from browsing history to private social media messages and even intimate […]

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Proposed Senate Bill blocks Internet “Fast Lanes”

There’s been a lot of talk about net neutrality in recent times and it seems that it’s about to become a hot button topic on Capitol Hill.  Amid growing discontent throughout the country congress was finally forced to listen up when millions of Americans created a backlash that was felt across the USA and apparently […]

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How to Block Facebook From Using Your Browsing History for Ad Targeting

Recently, Facebook made the privacy world mad once more by announcing that it was finally going to start using the data collected from your browser’s history to get better ad targeting. The website and various apps get your permission to collect the data, but personal browsing history was not used previously until now. Pretty much, […]

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PureVPN Optimizes for Wold Cup 2014 and Offers 65% Lifetime Discount

PureVPN has been a favorite for many years thanks to solid, easy to use service that has reputable security and privacy measures while providing fast speeds and unlimited bandwidth. With the Brazil FIFA World Cup 2014 just about to kick off, PureVPN has prepared some dedicated servers to cater to all sports broadcasting websites that […]

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IPVanish Gears Up for World Cup 2014 and Offers 25% Discount

Brazil kicks off the 2014 FIFA World Cup this Thursday and if you will be streaming your games this year. You will be happy to hear that IPVanish has added 8 brand new servers in Amsterdam, Zurich, Switzerland and Tel Aviv, Israel. Additionally, IPVanish setup their own facility in Amsterdam to open up a high […]

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The Difference Between Using Proxies vs. VPN

Many people have the notion that a proxy server connection is the same as a VPN connection because they often serve the users with similar functions. Both proxies and VPN connections can be used to hide your IP address and well as make it appear as if you are located in a different country, often […]

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Google Steps Up Email Privacy with End-To-End Encryption

Google has been making strides to provide Gmail users with end-to-end encryption to stop attackers as well as spying agencies from easily intercepting and downloading them as they are being sent across the web. This is a nice way of setting the NSA back from snooping across millions of accounts. Google will be releasing a […]

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Using OpenVPN with TCP vs. UDP – Knowing the Difference

Very often with a good VPN service, you will have the option to use TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) or UDP (User Datagram Protocol) mode for your connection. Furthermore any provider that uses the industry standard ‘OpenVPN’ will have the option to switch between both protocols.  The problem is most people have a hard time understanding […]

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Hackers Threaten World Cup 2014

There are growing concerns in Brazil where a World Cup which has already been plagued by controversy, protests, and violence has now come under fire from the hacker community.  Hacktivists around the world, including the infamous Anonymous Collective, are now vowing to attack World Cup sponsors in protest of the lavish amounts of money being […]

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Harper Replaces Canadian Privacy Commissioner with Spy Friendly Candidate

Canadian privacy has taken another hit yet again, now that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has removed the privacy commissioner and nominated a new candidate, as he prepares to pass new surveillance laws and programs without hearing and accepting input from privacy experts or the public. The strategic move to remove any resistance from the privacy […]

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Edward Snowden Sets Record Straight On His First American Interview

In a Moscow hotel, Edward Snowden was interviewed by Brian Williams from NBC Nightly News, making it his first American televised interview to date. Once again, he had to defend his actions as being patriotic and with the goal to protect the American Constitution and its people. When asked if he sees himself as a […]

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Are Gigabit Download Speeds Going Mainstream?

We’ve been hearing for quite some time now that Gigabit internet speeds were just around the corner but we may have just seen the first real push to move it into the mainstream.  We first started hearing whispers of 1 Gigabit download speeds in 2011 as Google announced a pilot project in a residential area […]

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How Canada’s Privacy Rights Are At Risk And What You Can Do To Help

CBC just covered reasons why privacy laws and rights are endangered in Canada right now. They cover 6 important factors being; the Federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4), the Cybercrime Bill (Bill C-13), CSEC Spying in Airports, pressure used against Telecommunication service providers, as well as […]

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