Although Hong Kong was intended to operate independently from China, they cannot escape the sentiments and influence of China’s communist party. Once regarded as the only free and uncensored area of China, Hong Kong is losing more of its independence with each passing day. This year’s National Day events have inspired ruthless protests, and the […]
You just can’t make this up. It’s sometimes hard to tell if art is imitating life, life is imitating art, or if we’re all stuck in a perpetual cycle of both. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, are no strangers to offending people. They’ve spent 23 seasons criticizing nearly everyone for everything […]
There are a lot of reasons someone might want to delete Safari from an iPhone. Safari isn’t exactly the best web browser – it isn’t privacy focused, and it tries to store everything. If you’re not using Safari, it’s just taking up space. Although Apple doesn’t want you to get rid of their stuff, it’s […]
The people of China have a contemptuous relationship with their oppressive communist government. Citizens rising against the government has been commonplace for decades. The Tienanmen Square protest of 1989, one of the most infamous protester and government showdowns in history, resulted in the Chinese government turning its military against its own people. Assault rifles and […]
Dropbox is a ubiquitous tool used by many businesses and professionals for collaborative work and document sharing. Many others use Dropbox as a way to store or transfer their personal files. If you no longer use or need it, it’s wise to completely delete Dropbox. It’s better to trust a cloud storage provider that’s reliable […]
When Cloudflare announced that they would be releasing WARP VPN, everyone got excited. People joined the waitlist in April, excited to test drive WARP. Then, Cloudflare delivered something. What they delivered was not a traditional VPN, yet many consumers are assuming this VPN will hide their identity and IP address. The truth is WARP does […]
Another day, another data breach. Between 2012 and 2016, Yahoo experienced a massive data breach that impacted countless users. The narrative and scope of the story changed several times, but the matter has fully come to conclusion. Yahoo must pay a settlement to anyone who had their information stolen during that time period, and the […]
Things in China only seem to become more dysphoric with the passage of time. China has long been established as a “big brother” state, where its citizens are highly monitored by the government and routinely stripped of freedoms. It was bad enough when China closed off its internet from the rest of the world. Now, […]
Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, also known as Roskomnadzor, has slowly been leeching away free access to information from the Russian public. Roskomnadzor’s latest move is DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) filtration technology, an eerie “big brother” tactic designed to heavily restrict the internet for the entire population of […]
Blade Runner, Minority Report, and even Black Mirror warned us of the looming possibility, and now that possibility is a reality. About 75 countries are currently using some kind of artificially intelligent surveillance technology to track their citizens. This alarming statistic almost sounds like a conspiracy theory on the surface – who would want to […]
We all want to be safe, and we’re all on a budget. But where can we cut corners? Free VPNs seem like a promising compromise. Sure, it’s evident from the start that they won’t be as fast and flashy as a paid VPN. Many of them at least appear to offer the security we need. […]
