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What Does Google Know About Me? Complete 2024 Guide
What Does Google Know About Me? Complete 2024 Guide
Google collects tons of personal information about its users. Whenever you search for something, click on a search result, fill out a Google form, or use a service like Google Docs, it logs that data for future use. Many consid...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Updated on September 2, 2024
Hashing vs. Encryption: What’s the Difference? Full 2024 Guide
Hashing vs. Encryption: What’s the Difference? Full 2024 Guide
Both hashing and encryption are essential security processes. They keep your data safe both online and offline and ensure that cybercriminals can’t monitor it, steal it, or tamper with it. Telling the difference between the two...
Tim Mocan by Tim Mocan Updated on September 2, 2024
What Is a Double VPN & Do You Need One? Full 2024 Guide
What Is a Double VPN & Do You Need One? Full 2024 Guide
"Double VPN” is a term that refers to a double VPN connection — this essentially means the VPN routes your traffic through 2 VPN servers instead of just 1 VPN server. However, there is a lot of confusion out there about how double...
Tim Mocan by Tim Mocan Updated on September 2, 2024
Signal vs. Telegram: Which Is Right for You in 2024?
Signal vs. Telegram: Which Is Right for You in 2024?
Both Signal and Telegram are great messaging apps. I’ve been using them regularly over the past 3 years, so I’m really familiar with how each messaging service works and what each app’s strengths and weaknesses are. I often see...
Tim Mocan by Tim Mocan Updated on September 2, 2024
Is Bitmoji Safe? Understanding the Risks in 2024
Is Bitmoji Safe? Understanding the Risks in 2024
Bitmoji is a secure keyboard app, but it comes with some privacy risks. One major area of concern for most users is that it requires full access permissions on your device to work. I tested the app on Android and iOS and review...
Raven Wu by Raven Wu Updated on September 2, 2024
Is Telegram Safe? Your Complete Privacy Guide for 2024
Is Telegram Safe? Your Complete Privacy Guide for 2024
Telegram can be a secure messaging app for most of us with a few adjustments, but it may not be as safe as you think by default. The main reason is that it doesn’t encrypt all chats end-to-end, which technically means that Telegra...
Raven Wu by Raven Wu Updated on September 2, 2024
Is iMessage Encrypted? What You Need to Know 2024
Is iMessage Encrypted? What You Need to Know 2024
Messages sent using iMessage are encrypted, but with some caveats. iMessage encrypts text messages you send to or receive from other iOS users. The content of the messages can only be deciphered using a key stored by the Apple Ide...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Updated on September 2, 2024
Is Signal Safe? Your Full Guide for 2024
Is Signal Safe? Your Full Guide for 2024
Signal is one of the most secure and privacy-friendly messaging apps on the market, so I definitely recommend using it over its more popular competitors. In this article, I outline why that is and all of the ways in which Signa...
Raven Wu by Raven Wu Updated on September 2, 2024
What Is Torrenting? Is It Safe & Legal? Full 2024 Guide
What Is Torrenting? Is It Safe & Legal? Full 2024 Guide
Torrenting has existed for a long time, but people still don’t understand it. It’s still unclear how to use torrents, how you get access to torrents, and how torrent downloads work. It doesn’t help that a lot of online resource...
Tim Mocan by Tim Mocan Updated on September 2, 2024
WireGuard vs. OpenVPN 2024: Which One Should You Use?
WireGuard vs. OpenVPN 2024: Which One Should You Use?
I have trouble picking between WireGuard and OpenVPN protocols. They’re both very secure and provide great privacy, but they still each have their pros and cons, and each one is best suited for certain tasks. So, I compared eac...
Tim Mocan by Tim Mocan Updated on September 2, 2024