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Reclaim Your Privacy With These Google Alternatives

May 20, 2019 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

We put up with Google because the apps are awesome. But there are downsides to living in the panopticon. If you’d prefer not to have a corporation and all its buddies breathing down your neck, consider these privacy-focused Google alternatives, chosen especially for Mac users. Notes on Our Google Alternatives While free services were preferred […]

Filed Under: Apps, Google Tagged With: Apple vs. Google, Google, privacy, security

What Makes Private Email Servers Worth Paying For?

April 29, 2019 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

Comparing private paid email services like Proton Mail and free services like Gmail, for those concerned about privacy and disturbed by Google’s giant database of deeply personal information, are private email services worth the money? What Google Does With Gmail While Google doesn’t technically “read” your emails, they do spy on your content in a […]

Filed Under: Apps Tagged With: email, encryption, privacy, security

Using Firefox Containers to Stop Data Collection

October 3, 2018 by Alexander Fox Leave a Comment

Multi-Account Containers is a Firefox add-on by Mozilla designed to help users define and separate their browsing sessions into distinct contexts called “Containers.” If you’re a Chrome user, Firefox Containers are conceptually very similar to users. They separate data into distinct silos and prohibit communication between those silos. Here’s how you can use Firefox Containers […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: data security, Firefox, macos, privacy, security, web browser

Apple, Security and Your Passcode

February 18, 2016 by Justin McGee 3 Comments

There’s one simple thing, just one thing that stands between strangers knowing virtually everything about you. From personal health and financial information to your email and social media accounts, just one thing is keeping people out of your most private information. What’s that simple thing? It’s your iPhone’s passcode. Whether your passcode is a simple 4-digit […]

Filed Under: iPhone Tagged With: FBI, iPhone, privacy

After Paris, Reexamining Apple’s Privacy Policy

November 17, 2015 by Justin McGee 1 Comment

Perhaps it is a gut-level, knee-jerk reaction to the recent ISIS attacks on Paris, France, but authorities are already pointing their fingers at technology companies who encrypt users’ data and encrypted messaging apps that are specifically designed to keep users’ information secure from prying eyes, even if those prying eyes are authorities (and, in Snowden’s […]

Filed Under: iPad, iPhone, Mac Tagged With: iPhone, privacy

How to Disable Fitness Tracking in iOS 8.2

March 13, 2015 by Kraig Becker Leave a Comment

Earlier this week Apple released iOS 8.2 for iPhone and iPad. The latest version of the mobile operating system delivers support for the Apple Watch, some new features for the Health app, and a slew of bug fixes and stability enhancements. It also gives users the ability to disable automatic fitness tracking, something that has been […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: Apple Privacy, fitness, fitness trackers, health, healthbook, healthkit, ios 8, iPhone, privacy

Gain Better iPhone Privacy with These 5 Settings

July 31, 2014 by Brian Meyer 1 Comment

Smart phones are great because they allow us to basically carry our entire lives with us wherever we go. From bank accounts to family pictures, the iPhone has a little bit of it all. While this is helpful to you, it’s a treasure trove for anyone looking to steal your data. From using a better […]

Filed Under: Feature, iPhone Tagged With: iPhone, iphone privacy, privacy, security

Apple Scores Big Time on the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Data Protection Report

May 16, 2014 by Noemi Leave a Comment

No one can deny that the government does what it can to get its hands on private data which it thinks is necessary for one reason or another. While some conspiracy theories are still way out of this world, there is no doubt about the government wanting to know everything that’s going on in the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: data security, government, privacy

Apple Can Read Your iCloud Email Anytime

March 24, 2014 by Noemi Leave a Comment

Here’s one area where Apple and Microsoft agree on: they both reserve the right to read your iCloud email at any point in time. This may come as a surprise to some, especially since it seems that the prevailing idea is that Apple doesn’t do “those things” without a court order. Source However, Fortune highlights, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: iCloud, privacy

How to Control Your iOS App Privacy Settings

March 6, 2014 by Brian Meyer Leave a Comment

More and more apps on your iPhone and iPad require some level of access to your private data. Whether that’s access to the microphone for voice commands or to keep your plane in the air in Dumb Ways to Die app, or access to your contacts so Skype can contact your friends easily. These apps […]

Filed Under: iOS Tagged With: Apps, how to-how-to, iOS, privacy, Settings

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