Recently, a lot of web users started reporting a new scam email that sounds really convincing and menacing. The email comes from someone who claims to be a spyware software developer. Allegedly, this person was able to exploit the so-called Cisco router, vulnerability CVE-2018-0296, which has supposedly allowed them to gain access to the victim’s […]
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Not very long ago, Facebook has, once again, ended up in the middle of controversy related to personal data of its users. Although many people were outraged, nobody was surprised. After all, it wasn’t the first time a global tech giant compromised privacy of those who entrusted their data to it. But if you do
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Nowadays, more and more people are worried about their personal data getting in wrong hands. People see personalized ads in their mobile apps and the web browser and they wonder how the heck did the advertisers find out what to advertise to them personally. Snowden’s revelations about the spying practices of the secret services uncovered
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Whenever you watch a news report, you see that the world has many severe problems that cause people to needlessly suffer. Very often, free market, which is commonly referred to as Capitalism, is what is blamed for creating those problems. After all, this is the dominant economic system in the world. The irony is that,
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In the summer 2017, we have experienced a significant heat wave in England. The temperature soared well above what is normal for June and air stood still for several days. England is not a country where many residential dwellings have any inbuilt air conditioning, so buying a portable fan or an air conditioner was the only
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When I was studying at university, I wanted to become a part of something that would make the world a better place. I didn’t want to be yet another cog in a corporate profit-earning machine. This is why I have chosen Environmental Biology as my bachelor’s degree and have later chosen Environmental Informatics as masters
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When you browse the web, you often reveal more information about yourself than you intended. At the most basic level, your IP address will reveal which country you are based in. However, at more advanced level, the people who host the website that you are viewing can associate your personal data with your IP address.
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Now and again, a news report gets published about some high-profile hack and a wholesale theft of personal data. Many people find it worrying and try to minimize their use of online services. Elderly people are especially susceptible to all this negative information and many of them refuse to use computer outright. However, this shouldn’t
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