privacy

OpenVPN vs. WireGuard

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WireGuard is a relatively new VPN protocol that has quickly gained popularity among security and privacy enthusiasts. While OpenVPN has been around for many years and it is considered the de facto standard in VPN industry, the question is whether WireGuard can be a better alternative and why. We will cover the most relevant differences and advantages of … Read more

Best Browser Addons for Privacy and Security

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All browsers can be a a privacy nightmare by default and the only way to make them more private is to tweak their settings and use addons/extensions that will limit the amount of data and footprints you send to the web. It isn’t only the privacy that can be drastically improved by using certain privacy … Read more

uBlock Origin Firefox add-on is causing DNS leaks with Proxy/VPN add-ons

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While making some tests of Firefox proxy/VPN addons recently, it came as a surprise that all of them share a big problem: DNS leaks. At first, it looked like a Firefox bug introduced recently in version 83, but rolling back to older versions like 80, 81 hasn’t fixed it. Making various changes in about:config made no big … Read more

Facebook is being ordered by Germany to stop data collection on its WhatsApp users

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Ever since it was bought out by Facebook in 2014, WhatsApp has undergone several changes and made quite a few modifications to its privacy and data collection policies. Most of them have to do with Facebook integration and trying to get relevant information from users in order to have them profiled for marketing research and … Read more

How to secure your torrent downloads

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The problem

Revealing your identity by using your real IP address to download/transfer torrent files can turn into big trouble and even cost you a money in lawsuits. Many people don’t understand how the P2P downloads and copyright infringement work, so we will try to explain it.

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