Online
privacy is every user’s most important and
valuable asset. “Valuable” literally means that companies can
convert it into money.
Just
to have a better idea, in 2016 only, search
engines made over 100 billion dollars, partly by selling your
personal data…
Many of us know that we need to keep away from trackers, whether we do or don’t exactly understand what they are how they act. This is because many entities that defend online privacy advise us to stay away from them, as they might affect our privacy.
Let’s…
More people decide to use an ad blocker in order to get rid of annoying ads. This is because they have become very intrusive and make pages load slower.
Moreover,
the data usage increases because of them. Also, the fact that they
follow us everywhere, based on our online…
We should all be able to make the difference between good and bad ads, as we browse the internet. But doing this might not at all be an easy task.
What are good or unharmful commercials?
In fact, there might be more than one description for good or unharmful ads.
Facebook will partially lift the advertising ban on face masks. Thus, third-party businesses will have the possibility to advertise cloth masks. Also, they could promote other non-medical face coverings, such as bandanas.
Face masks shortage determined the ban…
Facebook labels ads and news on the platform coming from publications that may be under the influence of a government.
The new Facebook labels will affect ads
The new elements are… labels. They
will appear globally in the Ad Library Page view, on Pages, and…
The hidden secret that you may not be aware of regarding ads is the way publishers collect and use your data. This helps them make more money and load your browser with more ads.
How it works
Each
time you search for something on Google or access a website…
Many systems offer a way for backdoor attacks. This means the attackers install malware, such as trojans and cancel the authentication procedures. Thus, they affect a computer system, a network, a server or a software app.
What are backdoor attacks?
Attackers
are…
The search giant decided to help users discover scams with a new website. Google announced Scamspotter.org, where anyone can learn how to spot fraud schemes, during the pandemic.
Google said that Scamspotter can reveal dishonest schemes, such as false stimulus, fake…
Any user should know how to avoid ransomware attacks as they are, in fact, malware attacks that encrypt victim’s files. Then, the attackers ask victims to pay a ransom, in order to decrypt them. Usually they ask for huge amounts of money in cryptocurrency. Recently…
