Cloud engineer by day, security researcher by habit. Background in pen testing, bug bounties, and security engineering at scale. Mostly self hosted, and write about what actually works for privacy and security , testing a lot of stuff along the way.
Privacy
Many of you are probably wondering why you should be concerned about privacy and security if there’s nothing you’re trying to hide. To quote Mikko Hypponen: ****You may not have much to hide, but you do have a lot to protect.Mikko Hypponen What exactly does he mean?
Privacy
In April 2023, six Swedish police officers showed up at Mullvad VPN's offices with a search warrant. They intended to seize computers containing customer data. They left with nothing — because Mullvad had nothing to hand over. That's not a PR story. That's the closest
Privacy
Firefox hardening is one of the most private and secure ways to browse the internet. But how do you properly do it in 2022? Today, we will walk through how to harden Firefox to keep you as safe as possible on the internet. First, what is hardening? In layman’s
Privacy
You might want to be more private and secure on the internet, and be so frustrated with the sad reality that it does take real work. Like most things, there’s no easy solution. However, there are some things you can buy; they’re designed to conveniently be good for
Privacy
Let’s talk anonymity. Did you know that it’s not just the sender address that you’re sharing when you send an email? There’s a lot more information within an email that could be used to identify you. Just one look at the full email header can provide
News
Google announced this week that they will be dropping FloC but they’re not really dropping it, they’re just rebranding it as topics. A quick recap of FloC for those who are new or maybe don’t remember. FloC is the Federated learning of cohorts and it’s basically
Privacy
Android is the most popular operating system in the world. And in most instances, Google, a privacy-invading company, and the manufacturer of your device, like Samsung track you, and sometimes even your carrier through pre-installed bloatware. Privacy on the Android may seem impossible, but there are steps to
Privacy
Have you ever looked up your information on the internet? The majority of individuals are unaware that the cornerstone of their lives is essentially public information, such as home addresses, phone numbers, emails, and relatives. Let’s talk about how this very intrusive industry operates and the services that are
Privacy
"Onion over VPN" means connecting to a VPN before opening Tor — so your traffic goes VPN → Tor entry node → Tor middle relay → Tor exit → destination. The practical effect: your ISP sees VPN traffic instead of Tor guard node connections, and the Tor guard node sees your VPN provider&
Security
It amazes me that there are millions of people who don’t utilize password managers and are okay with it! I mean, how do you survive? After my online presence started becoming disorganized, I became aware of password managers. Tech-savvy as I am, I have like a thousand accounts,