I am not ready to do this just yet but, if things get worse for personal privacy, I will be following these suggestions: How to Remove Yourself From Internet Search Results and Hide Your Identity by Charlie Osborne in the ZDNet web site at: https://zd.net/2OKZ7cO.
There is interesting reading in an article by Dave Smith in an article in the Business Insider web site. The article provides a lot of food for thought. Here are a few extracts: I quit Facebook in December 2019. I don’t miss it, and I know I’m better off without it. You probably are, too. Facebook refuses to police information on its own vast network, despite being the largest media […]
Law enforcement officials across the U.S. have already revealed that they will leverage facial recognition technology to retroactively target protesters following the killing of George Floyd, with police asking the public for footage and photos. Against this backdrop, Signal is introducing a new feature that can automatically obfuscate faces shared within the encrypted messaging app, as the company says it’s “working hard to keep up with the increased traffic” from […]
When I first read that Zoom was planning to add end-to-end encryption, I was delighted. Then I read this article in the Android Authority web site: https://www.androidauthority.com/zoom-encryption-1125396/. I immediately became very disappointed. Oh well, I will continue to use Signal for one-on-one video calls because (1.) it is free and (2.) it encrypts all text, audio, and even video conversations. For Chats with groups of users, I will use whatever […]
If you have an interest in maintaining your online privacy, you will want to read an article by Rae Hodge in the C|Net web site at https://www.cnet.com/how-to/what-is-tor-your-guide-to-using-the-private-browser/. Tor is the U.S. government’s gift to people everywhere who do not wish to be spied upon. Yes, Tor was invented by a mathematician and two computer scientists working for the U.S. government at the Naval Research Lab looking for ways to securely […]
The Zoom videoconferencing program at https://zoom.us/ has proven very popular during the CoronaVirus pandemic with all the various isolation policies in place. while popular, the Zoom app has also been criticized for not being fully encrypted, not totally private, and for lacking several other features. Now Zoom has released an enhanced and encrypted version of the application in order to ensure protection and privacy of personal information, and is asking […]
Brave Browser has announced video calls can soon be made on the testing version of its browser. The service, Brave Together, offers end-to-end encryption with its calls—unlike a number of other video conferencing platforms, such as Zoom. Unlimited participants can join the calls, though features are still in development. Please notice this new feature is still in beta test, available only on the nightly (test) builds. It will become a […]
The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating malware attack the following year has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier. The NSA did not say who the Russian military hackers have targeted. But senior U.S. intelligence officials have warned in recent months that Kremlin agents are engaged in activities […]
If you care about your personal privacy and if you own an iPhone, you need to read the article by Zack Whittaker in the TechCrunch web site at: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/23/hackers-iphone-new-jailbreak/.
What is probably the most secure text messaging/phone calling/video calling app available today becomes even more secure: Signal to Move Away From Using Phone Numbers as User IDs at https://www.zdnet.com/article/signal-to-move-away-from-phone-numbers-as-user-ids/.
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