After years of being hounded by users and security experts alike and earning a reputation as one of the bad boys of privacy it seems Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg seem to finally be changing his tune. Are they finally listening to the concerns of their users? Call me cynical but I doubt it. Facebook has […]
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Private Internet Access is easily one of the most popular VPN services in 2014. They have excellent reviews from their client base and with good reason. They provide all the security features one would want from his VPN service provider, great customer service with fast response time, and all this at some of the lowest […]
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This morning, eBay had to painstakingly announce that their network was compromised and the hack included a database with users’ login password information. eBay says they have no evidence that financial information was leaked, but is advising all users to change their passwords immediately. The hack is believed to be the biggest breach since the […]
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The internet is a truly astounding creation, perhaps the pinnacle of communication and the best mechanism for the dissemination of information. The number of smart phones is also higher than ever and often when I look down at mine I’m left in awe by the fact that I’m holding the entirety of humanity’s knowledge in […]
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The United States justice department has filed charges against five Chinese army officers with hacking into private networks of American companies to gain a competitive advantage. This is the first cyber-espionage case of its kind. According to Attorney General Eric Holder, the breaches had great importance and required severe reprimanding. The US prosecutors have accused […]
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So lately we have been quiet here at VPNPick.com, but the internet world has been noisy. You must have heard or ran across an article speaking about net neutrality and slow lane internet. If you’re still wondering what it’s all about, this article is for you. What is Network Neutrality? The meaning of the term […]
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Ottawa has come under fire recently with the Privacy Commissioner’s revealing report on spying being done on citizens with no real given purpose. Thanks to the detailed report, its hit the public spotlight that Canadian tax dollars spent on spying also includes snooping of Facebook profiles of individuals as well. Not only Facebook, but all […]
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With your every online move been snooped on these days, more and more tools are being developed to protect you against spying. The Electronic Frontier Foundation worked hard on their open source tool to help citizens retain some privacy while browsing the World Wide Web. What they came up with is called Privacy Badger, a […]
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New revelations of the Canadian government allowing for law enforcement agencies to collect private subscriber information once every 27 seconds has shocked Canada and rang an alarm. It is clear for everyone to see how privacy can be at risk in any democratic country these days. The subscriber data requested to telecom providers was done […]
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When it comes to ‘free trials’ with a VPN, it seems as though the ‘money back guarantee’ is the new norm. After all, this almost guarantees that the top networks out there will be able to get some cash if you are happy with their services. PureVPN is no exception to this trend. However, with […]
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These past few days, the Office of Privacy Commissioner of Canada released a report advising that Canadian law enforcement agencies have been collecting subscriber information without any warrant from all telecommunication and internet service providers on a really massive scale. The alarming disclosures originally came from the telecom companies themselves, who were reluctant to do […]
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We just recently suggested Google Chrome as a top contender for a web browser choice, on our Internet Explorer security patch article. Now there is even more reason to do so. Chromebleed is an app extension that warns you as soon as you visit a website that may still be vulnerable to the Hearthbleed SSL […]
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So it seems these past times have brought a cascading amount of newly discovered security threats all over the web. Microsoft was also part of the mix with a vulnerability found in Internet Explorer allowing attackers to take control of your PC. The exploit was used against U.S. defense and financial firms among other important […]
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It has surfaced that the NSA knew of the ‘heartbleed’ SSL encryption flaw for at least two years before it was known publicly. The agency used it to their advantage to collect data from unsuspecting sites. The NSA denies these reports, claiming that any knowledge of the bug prior to 2014 is incorrect. After all […]
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Gordon Corera, BBC Security Correspondent, covered a very little heard of battle between security and privacy pioneer cryptography experts and the NSA who targeted them as a threat. He met a group of coders who call their workspace a monastery and that they are coding monks on a quest to share encryption with the world. […]
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