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…
COVID-19 DDoS attacker, arrested in the Netherlands
April 14, 2020
The Dutch police arrested a COVID-19 DDoS attacker who put down two government’s websites. The 19 year old man was caught on April 10th on suspicion of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against MijnOverheid.nl. This website provides a personalized portal…
The quality of access to Facebook, Twitter and Telegram that do not comply with the requirements of Russian law will decrease. The announcement came from the deputy of the State Duma.
So, the representatives of the Internet industry who joined the Zoom conference…
Dark patterns to become illegal in the EU countries
December 14, 2021
A key European Parliament committee agreed to a ban on dark patterns that trick web users. Also, they would like to ban advertisements targeting minors. The tougher regulation could spell trouble for tech giants in negotiations with any EU country.
Dark patterns…
Phishing scams: Chinese malware gang targets India
October 7, 2021
According to Blackberry’s Research and Intelligence Team, there are three phishing scams targeting Indian nationals. They are apparently coming from a Chinese state-sponsored malware gang.
Phishing scams from old attackers
Blackberry identified an Advanced…
Learn how to block malicious websites on your computer
August 17, 2021
In this article, we’ll walk you through how to block malicious websites on your computer. You can do it with just a few simple steps. Keep on reading to learn how you can add an extra layer of protection for your computer. Moreover, it will help keep spam and phishing…
EU antitrust rules question Facebook's acquisition
August 3, 2021
The EU antitrust regulators are opening an investigation into Facebook’s purchase of U.S. customer service startup, Kustomer. So, the EU worries that the acquisition may hurt competition and boost Facebook’s dominance in online advertising.
EU antitrust…
Online privacy. Learn why you should care about it
June 14, 2021
There are many reasons why promoting online
privacy is a good idea. In fact, it is a huge topic in the news.
Privacy concerns have been growing in the Western world ever since
Edward Snowden revealed the extent of government surveillance
programs on citizens. But there are…
Privacy protection: Firefox's attack against cookies
February 25, 2021
Firefox brings better privacy protection, as it announced Total Cookie Protection. The new feature prevents third-parties from tracking users.
A new level for privacy protection
The new feature is built into Enhanced Tracking Protection, for desktop. Thus, the…
Google has a fresh $46bn obvious reason to show ads
February 3, 2021
Google’s reasons to show ads all the time when we are online seems to be stronger than ever. Alphabet, Google parent company announced record revenues for the second quarter since the pandemic started. The amount is as large as $56.9bn, out of which $46bn came from its…