Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security and keeps your account protected even if your password is compromised. While it’s advisable to enable two-factor authentication on all accounts that support it, here are some accounts that should always have this extra layer of protection.
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Google Docs, look out—there’s a new private alternative in town | TechRadar
Proton Docs comes as a way to ensure that document creation and collaboration are both secure and user-friendly. As with all its products, Docs is completely free to use.
Your phone’s secret network activity: 10 times worse than DNS logs reveal | Cybernews
Many data brokers may use that data for behavior profiling, analytics, and advertising, and it may also be sold to third parties. Commercial spyware, such as Pegasus, used to track journalists, political dissidents, and others, could be delivered via ad networks or other legitimate infrastructure your apps rely on.
VPNs Aren’t Bulletproof: 7 Common Misunderstandings About VPN Security
First, both the website and your ISP probably know that you’re using a VPN, and they also know the time and session length of your visit. Second, your actual activity on those sites can easily reveal your identity, since there are cookies on your local system, and if you log in to any accounts then obviously the target site knows who you are.
Nintendo Life: Google Employee Reportedly Tied To Multiple Nintendo Leaks
The database, which contains incidents from 2013-2018, reportedly details a case in which a Google employee had accessed several private Nintendo videos and leaked the contents of them online. According to 404 Media, an internal investigation into the report concluded that the activity was “non-intentional”.
To Share or Not to Share: How Elite Runners Manage Their Strava Profiles
Strava can be a useful tool for athletes, but we must be careful about what is shared and be aware of who might see your data. https://run.outsideonline.com/gear/running-tech/to-share-or-not-to-share-how-elite-runners-manage-their-strava-profiles/
Hackers Can Abuse Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System
A recent study by security researchers has revealed a major privacy vulnerability in Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) that allows hackers to track the locations of Wi-Fi access points and their owners globally.
An Apple bug restored users’ old deleted photos. If they were deleted, how did they come back?
Deleted photos aren’t when it comes to iOS, a problem exposed by a bug which resulted in photos being restored after users deleted them. Worse, this reportedly has happened on…