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Encrypting the data on your iPhone isn't as simple as creating a password. Since a lot of your data is also likely stored online, it's also important to understand how that online storage works, and to consider enabling an additional feature that ...
Malware, short for “malicious software,” is software that is used to harm computer users. It has a wide-range of capabilities that include: disrupting computer operation gathering sensitive information impersonating a user to send spam or fake messag...
Schools are increasingly adopting surveillance technology to spy on students while they’re at school, at home, or even on their social media. The companies that make these surveillance products and services advertise them to schools as a way to keep stude...
If you’ve ever worried about protecting the privacy of your digital data or your conversations with others, we’re here to help. Surveillance Self-Defense is a digital security guide that teaches you how to assess your personal risk from online spying. I...
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What happens if you lose access to a secret key, or it stops being secret? A revocation certificate is a file that you can generate that announces that you no longer trust that key. You generate it when you still have the secret key, and keep it for any f...