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Best search engines for privacy: Find the right one for you
How much does your search engine really know about you? The answer is: quite a lot. Most traditional search engines collect data like your search history, location, device, and even the time you searc...
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Safari vs. Chrome: The best browser for Apple users
If you’re using a Mac or an iPhone, chances are you’ve used both Safari and Chrome at one time or another. Both browsers are fast, polished, and packed with features, but they take quite different...
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Firefox privacy settings: Advanced tweaks for maximum privacy
Firefox, in all fairness, is one of the more secure browsers. It's open-source, developed by a non-profit organization, and its default protection blocks many known third-party trackers. That said, it...
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What is biometrics? A complete guide to modern identity technology
Each person has distinct biological traits, from fingerprints and facial features to vocal patterns and more. These bits of biological data, known as biometrics, have an increasing number of uses in t...
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HTTPS Everywhere: What is it, and can you use it today?
When you load a website, your data can either travel in plain text or through an encrypted connection, and that difference matters more than most people think. For years, an extension called HTTPS Eve...
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The best Chrome extensions for secure and productive browsing
Google Chrome is by far the most popular web browser, with two in three users opting for Chrome over the other options on the market. One of the reasons behind Chrome's success is its customizability,...
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What is data anonymization? Benefits, methods, and best practices
Companies regularly collect data on their customers, which they can use for various purposes, including selling to other organizations. However, to comply with data privacy regulations, they may need ...
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Most secure email providers: Protect your privacy now
Email privacy comes down to two things: the provider you choose and how you use it. The right provider encrypts your messages in transit and at rest, collects minimal or no data, and won't hand anythi...
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What is data privacy and why it matters: A complete guide
In the online world, just about every app, company, and website processes and uses your data in some way. Ideally, these companies should be transparent about how they collect and use your data, but u...
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Prevent cross-site tracking: What it is and how to block it
Cross-site tracking is rampant across the web. Those ads that follow you from site to site are no coincidence. Advertisers, websites, and data collection companies are eager to gather details about ev...
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