Articles tagged Privacy

Hackers had access to Pentagon files for 9 months. The files hold data on about 3 million people. Social Security numbers in the files weren't encrypted.

Every Radicle version so far sends code between computers without encryption. Internet providers and others watching can read that code, even private projects.

Click Translate and a foreign page turns into English right there on your device. Mozilla says the text never gets uploaded anywhere.

Drop a file in a shared folder and it appears on your other computer. No cloud account, no subscription, and nobody in the middle can read it.

Have I Been Pwned checks if a password has leaked, without seeing the password itself. Your browser turns the password into a code and sends only the first 5 characters.

X sent legal letters demanding that Nitter and its copies shut down. It let people read X posts without an account, the app or ads.

Zen Browser cannot play Netflix on a Windows PC or a Mac. Same for Spotify, Disney+, HBO Max, Prime Video, and Apple Music.

If you have ever wanted out of Google Photos but hated handing your family pictures to another company, Immich is one of the best-known self-hosted answers.

A school bus camera could turn a daily route into a searchable map of where nearby cars were seen.

On June 30, ad blocking breaks for tens of millions of people, and Google is the one flipping the switch.