Apple iOS 9.2.1 update fixes a three-year-old security hole, security company says
Apple’s iOS 9.2.1 rolled out this past week, and was designed to bring bug fixes and patch software vulnerabilities. Among them, Apple’s iOS 9.2.1 update fixed a software vulnerability that has existed within iOS since 2013. The vulnerability would allow malicious hackers “to steal a user’s cookies and, possibly, sensitive
Netgear R7000 Review
The Netgear R7000, which is also named the Nighthawk, is an incredibly powerful router that is marketed towards home users. If you wanted something that could outperform this router, you would probably have to buy industrial grade networking equipment. This particular model does have some competition that offers similar speeds,
The Best VPNs for Turkey
Turkey does not have an Internet infrastructure that is as free and open as other parts of the world. In fact, you would likely even call it extremely restrictive. Back in February of 2014, there was a new law that had been proposed that caused an uproar. The idea was
ISIS has its own encrypted apps, report says
New York and California seem to be joining forces these days to undermine data encryption, but the main reason behind undermining data encryption has to do with winning the war on terrorism. Now, a new report says that there may not be a war to be won because the major
The Best VPNs for Bangladesh
Unfortunately, Bangladesh is anything but a leader in Internet infrastructures. In fact, their Internet is lagging behind the times and their Internet penetration rate is extremely poor. Though other nations such as North Korea have statistically lower Internet access rates, Bangladesh is still among the worst in the world. However,
Netflix blocks VPNs from its service, commits to bringing Netflix Everywhere
Netflix has steadily grown across the globe and now served 190 countries. Growing by 130 countries just this month, the company is committed to bring all of its service content worldwide, but with recent changes to restrict IP unblocking of geographical locations, they have pretty much made their international service
The Best VPNs for Indonesia
As you might expect, Indonesia is just like many other Southeast Asian countries with regards to their Internet freedoms. It seems to be a common thread that this part of the world heavily monitors social media and the messages that users post online. They also make great efforts to impose
SplashData announces the worst passwords of 2015, shows that some users don’t protect themselves
Life on the World Wide Web is all about websites, and websites mandate usernames and passwords when users log in to access their account and personal information, and so online security came to be. How many times have you been told to pick a difficult password that consists of a
Access Now Letter to President Obama calls for strengthening data encryption
We cover the importance of encryption quite a bit on our online privacy tutorial, and lately, data encryption has become a huge discussion in politics, with all political candidates, particularly Democratic candidates, having discussions at length about what they would do if elected to the office of President of the
The Best VPNs for Mexico
The number of Internet users in Mexico have exploded over the last 15 years, and more and more citizens are connecting online than ever before. In the early 2000’s, the percentage of people that had Internet access were in the single digits. Today that figure is past 40% and still
