The Subtle Tricks Shopping Sites Use to Make You Spend More
Back in April, when much of the United States was still sheltering in place, Amazon made an extraordinary decision. As the company […]
Tag: Security / Security Advice
How to Spot—and Avoid—Dark Patterns on the Web
Every day, you use apps and services that were carefully crafted by teams of professional designers to deliver the best user experience […]
9 Tips to Keep Your Cloud Storage Safe and Secure
With cloud storage now so tightly integrated into desktop and mobile operating systems, we’re all syncing more data to and from the […]
How to Know If You’ve Been Hacked, and What to Do About It
Everyone is vulnerable to the threat of cybercriminals or hackers getting access to your information, but the threats aren’t equal for everyone. […]
How to Check Your Devices for Stalkerware
There are some extra permissions stalkerware apps are likely to need on macOS: From System Preferences head to Security & Privacy, and […]
How Two-Factor Authentication Keeps Your Accounts Safe
If you want to keep your online accounts safe, adding two-factor authentication (2FA) is the single most important step you can take. […]
How to Passcode Lock Any App on Your Phone
You are, we hope, already protecting your phone with a PIN, a fingerprint, or a face (or all three), but sometimes you’ll […]
How to Get Safari’s New Privacy Features in Chrome and Firefox
Apple just unveiled a raft of changes coming with the new macOS Big Sur later this year. Along with the visual redesign, […]
How to Get the Most Out of Signal and Encrypted Chat
As police-brutality protests continue throughout the United States, people have increasingly turned to the encrypted messaging app Signal, and for good reason. […]
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
For the past several nights, militarized police in cities across the United States have deployed armored vehicles and rubber bullets against protesters […]