Privacy

Our new VPN has a failsafe — if it can’t protect, you can’t connect.

A few stories about how easy it is to accidentally leak sensitive information into the public domain.

Zoom developers have made their service more secure. We review what’s changed.

Another reason not to share everything online.

Tools and approaches to help you get some online privacy.

We explain how to hide private data in images properly, without making rookie mistakes.

Learn how to protect your Twitch account, block spammers and haters, and make chat easy and secure.

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

We tell you which security and privacy settings will hold Twitter hackers and spammers at bay.

We reveal the best settings for protecting your profile from hackers, haters, and spammers.

We look back at some of the most significant data-breaches of the past ten years.

On this podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss the latest scam targeting Travelex customers, a phishing attack on the UN, Australia relief being targeted by Magecart, and more.

Privacy International talks about period-tracking apps and the perils of sharing secrets with apps.

How paranoid employers and jealous partners can spy on you, and why chip bags are best left to movie heroes.

Learn about Android device identifiers and how apps abuse them to make more money on ads.

We examine the workings of emotion-recognition technologies, their usefulness, and the privacy concerns they inspire.

On this podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss an insecure smartwatch for kids, Jack Dorsey hacker caught, Black Friday scams and security and more.

In the latest Terminator movie, is Sarah Connor protected against cell-phone tracking?

Dave and Jeff take a look at Bitcoin mining in Georgia, Fortnite bans, the latest on gaming cheats, and more.

Basically, all apps collect some information about you. Using the services AppCensus and Exodus, you can find out what exactly is collected.

Dave and Jeff chat about the week’s top cybersecurity news, including whether you should put your license plates online, FTC crackdowns on stalkerware, Aussie cops making bank on Bitcoin, and more.