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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...
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 spying on the owner of the infected device impe...
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...
A command and control server (C&C or C2) is a computer that gives orders to malware-infected devices and receives information from those devices. Some C&C servers control millions of devices.
A recently published attack technique, called TunnelVision, demonstrates how most commercial VPNs are susceptible to an attack where, if an attacker is on the same local network as you (such as at a coffee shop or on hotel Wi-Fi), they may be able to rero...