Privacy basics
- Privacy basics
Since email was invented, it has become a crucial form of communication in our
private and professional lives. Even with the growing popularity of other
communication platforms, such as instant messaging and video conferencing, email
continues to hol
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若要暢遊網路世界,人們必須擁有電郵地址。要註冊成為YouTube、Facebook、Twitter、Reddit
用戶或使用其他線上服務,電郵都是您必填的資訊。電郵也是是我們辦理網銀業務、購物和進行商業交易的首要溝通媒介。因此,全球有超過一半的成年人是電子郵件用戶,人們也在電郵中提供了大量的個人資訊。
然而,電郵並不像大家所認知的那樣安全或私密。
電郵具有互通性,例如 Gmail 帳戶可以與 Yahoo 帳戶通信,Yahoo 帳戶可以與 Proton Mail 帳戶通信。
遺憾的是,這也意味著
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You need an email address to exist at all in the online world. Signing up for
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, or any other online service requires one.
It’s also our go-to method of communication for online banking, purchasing, and
business deals
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This article has undergone a complete refresh, published on May 31, 2023. We
removed Wickr because AWS, its new owners, have withdrawn the product to focus
on enterprise solutions. We also removed Keybase because it’s now owned by Zoom.
We replaced
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From Hong Kong to Minneapolis, protesters around the world are standing up for
their human rights. The right to peaceful assembly and protest are bedrocks of
democracy, and we support everyone’s ability to exercise these rights. We
created Proton Mai
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Learn all about TLS/SSL certificates, the digital files that help to
authenticate and secure data transfers across the internet.
Whenever you send or receive information on the internet, it passes through a
network of multiple computers to reach th
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This article takes you through all the factors to consider when moving to a new
email provider and leaving privacy-invasive companies such as Gmail, Outlook,
and Yahoo Mail.
Switching your email provider may feel as difficult as moving to a new hous
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Many companies that handle personal information reassure their users by saying
that all the data is “anonymized.” If you don’t know any better, that sounds
reassuring.
However, the method most companies use to anonymize data and the size of modern
d
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As the world is grappling with a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases,
fraudsters are trying to capitalize on the state of panic and even the goodwill
of others.
More than 1,400 coronavirus-related domains were registered over the past three
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Working from home is one of the many massive societal changes that COVID-19 has
forced upon the world. Millions of people are now handling sensitive work data
outside their office for the first time. It can be hard enough to keep data
secure in the o
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The Internet of Things has come a long way since the turn of the century when it
was a buzzword used by futurists and entrepreneurs. Although not yet as
ubiquitous as some predicted a decade ago, Internet-connected devices have crept
into many aspect