In the United States, government agencies have successfully convinced the public that surveillance is necessary for public safety and security. However, surveillance has some chilling effects on how people behave and express their opinions. And tech companies are playing a major role in the data collection and aggregation that government agencies use. How The US…
Search Encrypt and DuckDuckGo are both “private search engines”. Both Search Encrypt and DuckDuckGo work to minimize tracking on the internet. There is a key privacy issue that we found with DuckDuckGo that Search Encrypt solves. We’ve discussed encryption before, and Search Encrypt is serious about it (encryption is in our name). By using advanced…
Brave is a free and open-source internet browser based on Chromium. Because Brave uses a Chromium platform, it could be a good choice for Chrome users looking to switch to a more private browser. It has built-in ad and tracker blocking which makes browsing with this already speedy browser even faster. How Does Brave Work?…
Many of the websites that millions of people visit every day collect data about their visitors. This puts both the websites and the users at risk of losing their data to some unwanted third party. Beyond a hack or data breach, how these websites use people’s data is a big concern. As we’ve seen in…
We’ve been a long time reader of That One Privacy Site, and we decided it’s about time we share the website with you. It’s an incredible resource if you want to take your privacy seriously but aren’t sure where to start. That One Privacy Site focuses on VPNs and private email services, but also includes a blog…
Search Encrypt is a private search engine that uses local encryption to ensure your searches remain private. It uses a combination of encryption methods that include Secure Sockets Layer encryption and AES-256 encryption. When you input a query, Search Encrypt will pull the results from its network of search partners and deliver the requested information.…
Apple uses many powerful encryption methods to protect the contents of its users’ devices. Following recent headlines regarding Facebook and Google’s privacy issues, Apple has been outspoken about the importance of privacy and how Apple makes your privacy a priority. Marketing messages from Apple have been heavy on privacy as the company looks to distance…
One of the outcomes of computers being involved in the majority of our transactions, is the opportunity for data collection about the transaction and about the parties involved. Unfortunately, the tracking capabilities websites and other internet services use have grown tremendously from that point. Surveillance capitalism refers to the business of collecting user data through…
The general perception of search engines is that they are empty boxes for you to type in any question in the world without any later consequences or repercussions. Unfortunately, this isn’t reality. Searching the internet reliably and privately requires a bit of know-how. Many search engines, large and small, keep logs of users’ search terms.…
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). The National Cyber Security Alliance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched NCSAM in 2004 in an effort to give Americans the resources they need to stay safer on the internet. Popular Topics in Cybersecurity for 2018 The National Cyber Security Alliance is addressing some of the…
Search neutrality is the idea that a search engine does not limit or influence a person’s ability to access information on the internet. The search engine market is very one sided with just a couple companies controlling the entire market. “Search neutrality is a principle that search engines should have no editorial policies other than that their results be comprehensive, impartial and…
Michael Veale, a privacy researcher at University College London, sparked an investigation into Twitter and how it tracks users when they click on its shortened (t.co) links. When Veale requested all the information Twitter has stored about him, Twitter did not include the information it gathered from it’s t.co URL-shortening system. Under GDPR, EU citizens,…
