Anyone remotely concerned with digital privacy likely recognizes and understand the threat to virtual freedom imposed by Israeli surveillance company NSO Group. The NSO Group continuously find themselves in hot water with every new hacking tool they release, and every largely publicized use of their software for dark bidding. It’s worth noting that most people […]
Many countries have drastically elaborated on their ability to spy on their citizens amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not shocking that notorious surveillance states such as China have taken measures to heavily monitor their population – those measures were already in place, and expanding them to cover virus tracking was hardly an undertaking. The United […]
VPNPro’s blog recently published a post that seemed to be a research based help piece, showcasing their supposed capabilities over the capabilities of their competitors. VPNPro claims that their test was able to intercept the connections of popular VPN providers, and in some cases, install malware disguised as a fake update. Some of the VPNs […]
This unprecedented global pandemic has created more privacy concerns than anyone was fully prepared to deal with. Governments want to keep their populations safe and reduce their people’s dependency on already overtasked healthcare systems, and they’ve yet to find a suitable solution that values the privacy of patients. Hungary’s government has decided that suspending GDPR […]
It’s fair to say that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has inspired global panic. It first began with people stocking their pantries with shelf stable goods and hoarding every roll of toilet paper in sight. States and countries began issuing curfews, “stay at home” orders, and quarantine policies. Healthcare workers and first responders began working double […]
This is a problem that happens more often than we care to admit. Many services billing themselves as private, or at least presenting the illusion to the expectation of privacy, are outright lying to consumers. This is because no company that does business in China can truly be private, as according to their laws. China […]
If ever there were a crucial time to be a journalist, the time would be right now. As the world is continuously torn apart by the lethal COVID-19 epidemic, people are looking to the news for the information they need to make informed decisions about their health and safety. A critical piece of that information […]
It’s not a stretch to say that recent internet and news censorship efforts have now proven lethal, fueling the recent coronavirus pandemic that is overtaxing healthcare workers and having a significant negative impact on the global economy due to the many ordered closures designed to impede the spread of the virus. COVID-19, the illness that […]
The Pakistani government is making strides to impose itself on social media, creating a set of complicated guidelines that are easy for platforms to mismanage. The people of Pakistan fear that the proposed regulations will set social media platforms up for failure, ultimately leading to excessive censorship or the loss of the population’s ability to […]
Students of Lee University, a private Christian college in Ohio, recently received a notice that unauthorized VPN use on campus will be prohibited. The reasons for the ban don’t necessarily make sense, and students with tech or security backgrounds have been vocal in their opposition or negative opinion of the VPN ban. The ban seems […]
The Chinese government has already started VPNs to prevent people from circumventing blocks to the open internet as the coronavirus spreads. The virus originated in Wuhan, which was hit the hardest by the outbreak. Taking things one step further, the government is throttling or outright disabling internet access in the most heavily impacted area to […]
