Startpage search engine serves
ads without tracking users via cookies. The private search engine has
become an option for the Vivaldi browser. The solution might be
extremely useful for those users concerned about the way big
companies use the data they collect using…
Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook Shops, when online shopping becomes the main solution for most of us. Facebook’s announcement is not hiding that this option comes “as many businesses are creating and strengthening their digital presence.” So, this might…
Learn how to avoid the online pandemic that we face
May 15, 2020
An online pandemic also
occurred during the COVID 19 crisis. Google, for instance, announced
that it discovered more than 18 million daily malware and phishing
emails just in one week. They came besides the 240 million spam
messages related to the new coronavirus.
What…
How do online ads change during the pandemic?
May 12, 2020
As the pandemic also brought a financial crisis for some companies, online ads became the main way for them to reach their costumers. Online companies try to take benefit of this situation and invest more in online advertising, while the offline ones need to adapt, in order…
Zoom: Disable personal Meeting IDs to stop intruders
May 11, 2020
With the new update from Zoom, admins will have the possibility to disable personal Meeting IDs to stop intruders. As the popularity of video conferencing apps increased, with the lockdown, a Zoom phishing campaign started in April. In fact, the attackers asked recipients…
Attackers use online streaming to spread malware
May 8, 2020
Attackers are aware that many of us watch
movies or shows online more than before and they use online streaming
to spread malware. They manage to scam users into giving away
personal data and funds, using new tactics.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, they have
used…
The premium version of Ad Guardian Plus offers you more options to protect yourself, besides the free for life possibility to block annoying ads. These are: the privacy guard and the safety browsing feature.
Avoid online data trackers, with “Privacy Guard”
The…
According to a government security agency, state-sponsored hackers launched cyber-attacks for the COVID 19 vaccine, against UK universities. They were trying to steal research on developing the vaccine. So, they believe that Russia, Iran and China might have been behind this…
In an article published by Scott Spencer,
Google promises to stop bad ads. Scott Spencer, Vice President of
Product Management, Ads Privacy and Safety said that this commitment
is especially important now.
A task force for COVID-19
During the COVID-19 outbreak…
Facebook counterattacks Zoom and Microsoft Teams
April 29, 2020
As the demand for real-time video is higher now, Facebook counterattacks Zoom and Microsoft. The number of video calls more than doubled in many countries on Messenger and WhatsApp. Also, views of Facebook Live and Instagram Live videos increased significantly. That’s…