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Did the internet fail to deliver on its early promises?
With its many predecessors and common interchangeable terminology, it’s hard to pin the internet’s birth date precisely, though it’s fair to say that in the mid-1990s the internet began to enter...
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Breaking news: White House blocks Twitter
White House blocks Trump’s Twitter Sources say that in his role as Chief of Staff, John Kelly chose to block Twitter on the White House network in an attempt to stop Trump from his “inane tweeting...
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The CLOUD Act was just signed into law: Here’s what you need to know
This post was originally published on March 31, 2018. With a news cycle dominated by the White House’s escapades and upcoming midterm elections, stories that should take center stage might be ignore...
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#DeleteFacebook and use these apps instead
So you want to #DeleteFacebook? Good for you. Facebook’s rampant data collection efforts have gone unchecked for far too long—and have shed light on just how much social media platforms know about...
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What are VPN connection logs?
A connection log is a record of incoming and outgoing connections to a VPN server which may include: A user’s IP address The IP address of the VPN server a user connects to Timestamps for when a us...
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Not even a scandal will stop Facebook from harvesting your data
Editor's note: This post was originally published on March 20, 2018. Onavo has since been shut down. News of Facebook’s role in Cambridge Analytica’s collection of millions of user profiles lead...
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5 defiant, worrying, or outright bizarre Edward Snowden statements
This article was originally published on March 12, 2018. Like the great Nostradamus, Edward Snowden has been a purveyor of the future, signaling time and again signs of things to come. Since joining T...
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Go incognito: Avoid surveillance in real life
The surveillance state is here, watching you from when you leave your apartment all the way to work, the mall, and the club. It is not unthinkable to go completely dark online, but how do we move in t...
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5 most shocking cyber scams of 2017
The results are in and 2017 is already being called the worst year in terms of cyber scams. Where 2016 saw an influx of data breaches, 2017 saw a more experienced type of hacker take shape, one that w...
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In memory of John Perry Barlow
It is with great sadness that we received the news of John Perry Barlow’s passing. Very early on, Barlow saw the internet as a place, rather than a medium or a series of electronic tubes. Today, we ...
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