It’s becoming harder and harder these days for Internet users to exercise their online freedom. Some more than others. The increase in censorship, surveillance, and monitoring activities is what’s limiting online users from exploring the world wide web both securely and...
Whenever you download an Android app, you are required to grant app permissions. If you’re like most people, you’ll click on Allow without even reading the permissions so the app can install. The problem is – that app now has access...
Most people use cloud services for their storage needs and to back up their files. The idea of saving family pictures or videos and to cherish those moments in nostalgia has an emotional ring to it. Professional use for cloud storage...
Malware, Spyware, and viruses. These are terms that computer users have been fearful of since the early 90s. While spyware was never the threat that terrified users the most, it has recently surfaced as a genuine security concern for anyone who...
The practice of using web advertisements to distribute malware is called malvertising (malicious advertising). Online advertising is a source of revenue for many companies, even if it comes with its own set of dangers, malvertising being one of them. Such ads...
Rootkits are growing as a major cause for concern among cybersecurity experts. Although their origins are very innocuous, they have been used for a variety of different malicious purposes. Rootkits basically allow hackers to gain access to computers and systems which...
Out of the many apps available for download on the Google Play Store, how do you know which ones are virus-free? There are many instances where Google has taken down malware ridden applications, although by that time those apps had already been...
YouTube doesn’t really need an introduction; everyone and their mothers have used the video-sharing website at least a couple of times in their lives. Sometimes, you want to have the option of revisiting your favorite videos even if you’re offline. In...
For the longest time, live sports have been the sole domain of television. Even when several hundreds of people have switched to live streaming, for watching live telecast of sporting events, they still resorted to the humble cable or satellite TV....
Installing DD-WRT on a router by yourself isn’t an easy feat. If you’re not that tech savvy and don’t have a background in computer science, the resources that you can find on the internet may end up confusing you more than...
Everywhere around the world, Internet freedom is under attack. There was a time when the freedom of press always used to be under attack by the government.But these days, the Internet is a more popular means of free speech and expression,...
Look around in a store or a mall and you’ll find some security cameras. While security cameras weren’t very popular a few years ago, now you’ll find them in almost all streets. They have now become an integral part of maintaining...
