Why You Should Consider Blurring Out Your House On Google Maps
Deciding to blur out house on Google Maps is an effective way to protect your family’s privacy. Here’s how to do it. Have you ever searched for your home address on Google Maps? If so, you’re probably familiar with the eerie feeling of knowing that other people can find an up-close photograph of your house […]
10 smart places to install security cameras at home
The garage Many people overlook garage security and forget placing cameras in there. James Both, an engineer that tests and reviews smart home security cameras for the website onehoursmarthome.com, says that it’s a key place to have one. “Garages are often a target of burglaries because they are easily accessible and oftentimes get accidentally left open,” Both says. […]
Beware of unknown QR codes- they could contain malware
Thanks to the pandemic, QR codes have popped up on ad posters, restaurant tables, and billboards around the world, inviting people to scan them in order to view menus and marketing information without having to type a web address into their phones, according to a recent article published in Fast Company. But clicking QR codes […]
Forget ‘quiet quitting’: Employers are doing ‘shocking’ things to monitor your productivity
Get back to work. Workplace surveillance methods have become significantly more common and sophisticated in recent years, and the shocking spylike practices are something far more routine that most realize, experts warn in a recent article published in the NY Post. “In March 2020, we saw sales for workplace surveillance software more than tripled within […]
How to Safely Lend your Phone to Someone You Don’t Trust
Consider one of the following situations. 1. A stranger wants to borrow your phone to make an urgent call. But what if they start opening other apps 2. You show pictures of your recent vacation to a friend, but they start swiping to other pictures. 3. You lend your phone to your kid but don’t […]
Threats & extortion, arrest or other
Threats to life, arrest or other involve demands by scammers to pay money that you supposedly owe and threats if you do not cooperate, according to a recent article published in the website Scam Watch provided by the Australian governement. How this scam works These scams use threats designed to frighten you into handing over […]
A quick peek into the world of Biometric and behavioral mass surveillance
A study into the use of biometric and behavioral mass surveillance, particularly in public spaces, examines whether, generally in the name of security, the European Union is heading beyond the rule of law towards the ending of liberal democracy as citizens’ rights are ignored at the member state and bloc level. By not choosing a […]
UK spy agencies sharing bulk personal data with foreign allies was legal, says court
A privacy rights org this week lost an appeal in a case about the sharing of Bulk Personal Datasets (BPDs) of UK residents by MI5, MI6, and GCHQ with foreign intelligence agencies, according to a recent article published in The Register. The British agencies have never stated, in public, whether any of them have shared BPDs […]
8 Places You Didn’t Know Had Hidden Cameras
ATMs You probably know your bank’s branch has security cameras watching to make sure thieves don’t steal your account information, but not all cameras are used for good. Thieves can hide cameras under fake covers that have tiny holes to record through, like the ones found in 2017 in London ATMs. Those cameras record you as you […]
Useful tips against ‘ice-fishing’ scammers
Ice fishing involves cutting a hole in a frozen body of water in order to catch fish. Ice phishing, as Microsoft describes it, is a clickjacking, or a user interface redress attack, that tricks a user into signing a transaction that delegates approval of the user’s tokens to the attacker.” The recent $120m attack on BadgerDAO, […]