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How to stay secure when using public Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi isn't hard to find. It's available in airports, cafes, hotels, malls, and many other public places. But before you connect, consider the security risks. The Wi-Fi admin could try to see wha...
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Video: How to stay private while shopping in real life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYoyosWFXA Shoppers have begun to expect that their online shopping habits are being tracked or monitored. But what about at physical stores? Turns out, technology h...
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Invasion of the home robots: Is our privacy safe?
For better or worse, humanoid robots have become a common sight over the past few years, often found working in public places like restaurants, hotels, and airports. And while home robots—and we mea...
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Why you should care about NFTs
It’s likely that you heard of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, for the first time when one of them was sold at an art auction this year for a headline-making sum—69 million USD, to be exact. This new...
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Video: 9 tips for safer online shopping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUYXOR_pW-w Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us again, falling on November 25 and 28, respectively. While these dates and the weekend they sandwich are the highli...
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Risks of downloading pirated, or ‘cracked,’ software and games
Whether it’s the latest game release or a new app you’d rather not pay for, pirating software is never the answer. While it’s tempting to consider, using illegal software often causes more probl...
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FTC study: ISPs share far more user data than you’d expect
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has just released a report with its findings on how much consumer data is collected by internet service providers and how that data is used. In case you had doubts ov...
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It’s shockingly easy for someone to get your Instagram account banned
Influencers on Instagram who use the platform to earn a living often treat their postings like a full-time job. It takes time and effort to build a large following, which is valuable when it comes to ...
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Internet surveillance in 5, 9, and 14 eyes countries
The Five Eyes (also known as 5 Eyes or FVEY) alliance can be traced to informal discussions between the U.S. and the UK during World War II, in which the countries agreed to share intelligence about i...
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Are we running out of IP addresses? 5 facts to know
Every device needs an IP address to communicate with others on the internet. There are 4.3 billion possible IP addresses in the IPv4 standard we use today. But with 4.66 billion active users on the in...
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