Passwords are a common security measure to protect personal information, but they don’t always prevent hackers from finding a way into devices. Researchers from the University of Alabama at... Read more
Online identification and authentication keeps transactions secure on the Internet, however this has also implications for your privacy. Disclosing more personal information than needed onli... Read more
Big Data is a term used to describe all the bits of information collected by companies and the government about you. It’s used primarily by marketers to deliver ads to you as you check... Read more
IN the 1960s, mainframe computers posed a significant technological challenge to common notions of privacy. That’s when the federal government started putting tax returns into those giant ma... Read more
The app gives users the option to set a self-destruct timer When it comes to mobile apps and social networks, the devil, increasingly, is in the default settings. Companies have little, if a... Read more
People are often shocked or surprised at the large web of trackers that appear A new Firefox extension called Collusion allows users to visualize trackers as they browse the web. A lot of si... Read more