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On October 28, 2021, Facebook announced the rebranding of its parent company
from Facebook to Meta. Since then, the term “metaverse” has been a hot topic of
discussion.
From facial expressions to biometric data, the metaverse has the potential to
c

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DNA companies are using, sharing, and profiting from millions of people’s
genetic data in ways they can’t always control.
Genetic testing companies have become very popular in the last decade as people
seek to find out who they are and where their a

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Fingerprinting is a way to identify you on the internet and can be very hard to
prevent. In this article, we discuss what fingerprinting is, and how to reduce
your fingerprint.
* What is browser fingerprinting?
* What is device fingerprinting?
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In 2017, hackers stole the private financial records of some 156 million people
from servers belonging to Equifax, while the 2018 Facebook-Cambridge Analytica
scandal revealed how personal data belonging to up to 87 million Facebook users
was harvest

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USB peripherals (commonly known as “flash drives”), memory cards, and external
hard drives all make backing up and sharing your data simple. And they are
becoming more critical as modern-day schooling, work, and life are increasingly
awash in data. B

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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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The number of data requests the US government sent to Google has increased 510%
since 2010. US government requests to Facebook have also increased 364% since
the beginning of 2013. The databases of private companies are increasingly being
used to mon

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Nearly all public health experts say we will have to employ testing and tracing
on a massive scale to combat the spread of COVID-19. This has led a number of
countries and tech companies to develop coronavirus contact tracing apps for
smartphones. Th

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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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Zoom has seen a flood of new users as the COVID-19 outbreak forces more and more
employees to transition to working from home. Zoom’s big selling point is its
near-frictionless video calls.
However, new users should be aware of the company’s privacy

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During this American presidential election campaign season, politicians have
scored points calling out tech companies for abusing the personal data of their
users. Yet many political campaigns are engaged in very similar practices.
Political campai