Privacy
One company now owns four of the most heavily marketed VPN brands — ExpressVPN, Private Internet Access, CyberGhost, and ZenMate — and in early 2026, that company went fully private. No more public stock filings. No transparency reports that anyone outside can independently verify. What you need to know: * Kape Technologies (formerly
Privacy
Every VPN homepage says the same thing. No logs. Military-grade encryption. Your privacy, guaranteed. Finding the best VPN for privacy in 2026 is harder than it should be because the marketing is indistinguishable across the entire industry. What actually separates a trustworthy VPN from a marketing exercise is audit
Privacy
Most people install uBlock Origin and never touch it again. That leaves a lot of privacy protection on the table. Here's how to configure it properly — filter lists, medium mode, dynamic filtering
Security
Trezor and Ledger users have been receiving physical letters with QR codes designed to steal seed phrases. The addresses came from breach data that's been circulating since 2020 — and refreshed by a second leak in January 2026.
Takes
You already know your phone tracks you. That's table stakes at this point. But what about your car? Your smart TV? The robot vacuum quietly circling your living room? These are not hypothetical threats. Real companies have sold real data on real people — sometimes without their knowledge, sometimes
Privacy
Ring ran a Super Bowl ad this year about finding lost dogs. The technology they were advertising scans your neighborhood's cameras in real time using AI, it's on by default, and Ring is already planning to expand it beyond pets. They said the feature was "
Privacy
In 2019, Google published a blog post calling browser fingerprinting "wrong." Their exact words: it "subverts user choice." They positioned themselves as advocates for a more private web — the company fixing tracking, not enabling it. In February 2025, Google announced that advertisers on its network can
Privacy
Something about the Apple settlement that doesn't get discussed enough: the conversations Siri captured weren't edge cases. They were the kind that happen when you forget the device is there — which, with always-on assistants, is most of the time, which is exactly the problem. The
Security
Someone's therapy session ended up in Google's search index last summer. Not because they were hacked. Not because OpenAI had a breach. Because they clicked a Share button — the one ChatGPT had quietly added to conversations — without realizing that "sharing" could mean "publicly
Privacy
You download an app from the Mac App Store. It's simple. It's safe. And it's seamlessly tied to your Apple ID. But what if that convenience comes at the cost of your privacy? For most Mac users, the App Store is the beginning and
Security
When was the last time you turned your phone completely off? Not just locked it, but fully powered it down. We treat our phones like permanent fixtures. But this convenience comes at a hidden cost to our security and privacy. We diligently install updates and use strong passcodes, yet we
Guides
For many, SMS texting is synonymous with convenience. It's a ubiquitous communication channel, readily available on nearly every mobile phone. However, this accessibility comes at a cost. SMS was designed in the 1980s, long before the rise of sophisticated cyberattacks and widespread data breaches. As a result, SMS