Best Privacy Browsers (2024): Brave, Safari, Ghostery, Firefox, DuckDuckGo
The browser is part of a bigger project to keep internet browsing anonymous: Use Tor and you use the Tor Project network, […]
Tag: Security / Security Advice
You Should Update Apple iOS and Google Chrome ASAP
It’s time to check your software updates. March has seen the release of important patches for Apple’s iOS, Google’s Chrome, and its […]
How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
Meta changed how two-factor authentication works for Facebook and Instagram last year. You might have received notifications about this, but it was […]
Here Are the Google and Microsoft Security Updates You Need Right Now
CVE-2024-1553 and CVE-2024-1557 are memory-safety bugs rated as having a high severity. “Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and […]
5 Best VPN Services (2024): For Routers, PC, iPhone, Android, and More
Mullvad offers apps for every major platform, as well as routers. The applications are all open source, and you can check the […]
I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess
Passkeys are here to replace passwords. When they work, it’s a seamless vision of the future. But don’t ditch your old logins […]
Apple and Google Just Patched Their First Zero-Day Flaws of the Year
Later in January, Google released Chrome 121 to the stable channel, fixing 17 security issues, three of which are rated as having […]
Apple iOS 17.3: How to Turn on iPhone’s New Stolen Device Protection
Apple today launched a new tool for iPhones to help reduce what a thief with your phone and passcode can access. The […]
How to Opt Out of Comcast’s Xfinity Storing Your Sensitive Data
One of America’s largest internet providers may collect data about your political beliefs, race, and sexual orientation to serve personalized ads.
How to Stop Your X Account From Getting Hacked Like the SEC’s
This week, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suffered an embarrassing—and market-moving—breach in which a hacker gained access to its […]