The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced substantial funding for a project it hopes will help to develop AI technologies capable of automatically analyzing how authoritarian regimes prevent the free flow of information online. Control over the internet has been a primary method for the restriction of…
The Copa América is back this summer and, just like Europe, South America’s elite national teams will battle it out for continental supremacy. Colombia and Argentina were originally supposed to be co-hosting the competition, but civil unrest in the former and a coronavirus surge in the latter has meant places…
You don’t want hackers breaking into your device and using it as the access point to your company’s networks. At the same time, you’d probably also be happier if your bosses couldn’t track and limit your every move while working. Is there a compromise for security and privacy? Yes: it’s called…
At NordVPN, we use a range of software to improve user experience and make sure our services run smoothly. However, if something goes wrong, it can take time to fix the problem and debug the website. How can you bring your app back to life and where should you start? Into…
The European Union’s GDPR privacy law has been a headache for businesses and consumers since it was implemented in 2018. Some non-compliant websites are still using geo-blocking as a result. However, there’s one simple tool you can use to avoid these restrictions: a virtual private network, or VPN. In the aftermath…
A new study by NordVPN revealed that more than one-third of Americans have smart speakers in their homes. The growing demand for{‘ ‘} IoT devices raises privacy and security concerns that many users still ignore. How much of your data are you willing to share with manufacturers and what can you…
WhatsApp is suing the Indian government over a new law which would require them to trace their users’ messages. While the Facebook-owned messaging service has expressed concerns over potential privacy violations, they’ve also been mired in controversy recently. Is WhatsApp really fighting for their users’ rights, or is this just a…
Euro 2020 (or, as it is now, Euro 2021) is finally here, and millions of football fans will be tuning in not just in Europe, but all over the world. The tournament is being aired exclusively on pay-TV services in a lot of non-European countries like Australia and the USA….
New York’s ‘Excelsior Pass’ – a vaccine passport – has been downloaded by 1.1 million people in The Empire State, state authorities recently revealed. The mass uptake mirrors that of various other vaccine passport schemes around the world, which have been marred with privacy concerns from the word “Go”. [[post-object…
iOS 14.5 recently brought in widespread changes to how developers can track users across apps. The updated rules ensure consumers receive better information about what data is being collected and processed – and for what reasons. It also ensures that consumers must provide consent before having device-level identifiers – such…