Privacy Concerns with Skype
Until May 2011, Skype had a legendary reputation of keeping its large user-base private and secure. Prying eyes of various governments could not manage to get through to Skype’s user…
Empire of the megacorporation – the Biggest threat to data security & privacy
A report by the New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo warns that the frightful big-tech corporations such as Amazon, Google, Apple Microsoft, and Facebook – are collectively more powerful…
How Hash & Salted Passwords Keep Your User Account Protected
One of the most important tasks a web developer may have is creating a secure user account system. Your users need to know that their passwords will be protected and…
How Intelligence Agencies Ignore Their Commitment to Disclose “Zero Days” Vulnerabilities
Breaking news: the CIA and NSA are spying on people! Well, okay, we already knew that, but at least they’re doing this to protect US citizens and are working for…
Facebook Privacy Abuses
In 2017, Facebook boasted 2.2 billion active users on a monthly basis. Meaning the company now has an influence cutting across people of all diversity. The social media app has…