Privacy Basics
- Privacy Basics
End-to-end encryption is the most secure way to communicate privately and
securely online. By encrypting messages at both ends of a conversation,
end-to-end encryption prevents anyone in the middle from reading private
communications.
Until recently
- Privacy Basics
Short Message Service (SMS), also known simply as text messaging, has been with
us since the birth of mobile phones (the first-ever text message was sent over
the Vodaphone network in 1992).
SMS is supported by almost every mobile network provider
- Privacy Basics
Email protocols explained
IMAP and SMTP are protocols used by email clients to send and receive emails.
POP3 is a legacy standard that is used less and less often these days.
* SMTP
* IMAP
* POP3
* APIs
* Proton Mail and SMTP, IMAP, and POP3
- Privacy Basics
If you are doing research into data privacy laws, you will eventually come
across the terms “personally identifiable information” and “personal data”. We
explain what those terms mean, how they are different, and what you can do to
protect your PII o
- Privacy Basics
Most of us created our first email addresses when we were teenagers using the
internet for the first time. Unfortunately, some of these email addresses
consist of childhood nicknames, names of pets, and other awkward monikers,
causing us embarrassmen
Since our launch in 2014, our vision has been to build an internet where privacy
is the default. For us, this not only means empowering people with the right
tools to defend their online privacy, but also encouraging safe and responsible
use of the i
- Privacy Basics
There are lots of instances when you want to send the same email to multiple
people. Sometimes, you want everyone to be part of the conversation and see each
other’s responses. Other times, you want to send the same email to multiple
people, but you
- Privacy Basics
Everything you need to know about cloud computing.
Before the internet, your computer performed all its computing tasks locally.
Your computer’s CPU and memory (etc.) were used to process information that was
also stored locally (for example, on you
Your personal data is the currency of the digital age. With every click, swipe,
and like, you produce a wealth of information about yourself that companies
track and collect, making it crucial to protect your online privacy. However,
have you thought
- Privacy Basics
Spam email (or just “spam”) is unsolicited messages sent out in bulk by email,
usually for commercial purposes.
The term spam originated from a Monty Python sketch about the canned pork
product, Spam.
* Is spam dangerous?
* How do spammers get
- Privacy Basics
Privacy policies explain how organizations collect and secure your personal
information, but few people read them. Here’s how to quickly check a privacy
policy to take back control of your data.
When you last bought something online, you may have gl