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DuckDuckGo: No Tracking, No Search Bias?
DuckDuckGo is no doubt the most popular privacy focused search engine. Does it live up to its fame and how independent are the results.
Think Qwant is an independent European Search Engine? Think again.
Qwant is a Potemkin-village, built to impress naive Europeans that we are independent. Video results offer only YouTube and DailyMotion.
How Privacy is Made, One Application at a Time
Big tech companies track us everywhere. The struggle for privacy is tough, but thankfully, there are still people out there who have our back.
Privacy tweaks: How to set up Brave Browser in 2022
Although Brave might really be the most private browser out of the box, it still can be tweaked in the privacy settings.
Privacy tweaks: How to set up Mozilla Firefox in 2022
Firefox is the only major alternative to Chromium-based browsers and offers reasonable privacy online – only after a few tweaks here and there.
Privacy tweaks: How to set up Opera Browser in 2022
Opera is still much loved browser among privacy-minded users. Does it live up to its fame and how to set it up for maximum privacy?
The Most Private Search Engine
What do we pay for having any information “freely” just a single click away? Search engines are privacy nightmares; the way out is inconclusive.
Privacy: Iridium, unGoogled Chromium, Brave Browser face off
All of Iridium, unGoogled Chromium and Brave Browser make bold claims for privacy. Talk is cheap and fortunately the EFF is here to referee.
How to set up your browser for user privacy (Firefox, Brave, Edge, Safari, Chrome, Chromium, Icecat): a step by step guide for each browser
Even the popular browsers known for privacy need a few tweaks here and there. Let’s see how to configure them easily and properly.
How To Post A Video Without Cookies
If you are trying to use as little Cookies as possible, FV Player is the right player for you. Even if you choose not to disable all the cookies.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most Private Browser of them all
Any browser will try to persuade us that it’s the most private one, but we are smarter than that. Let’s take a look at it!
VOW: Russell Brand on Apple Surveillance
Ex-comedian Brand understands that a surveillance state, where security organs enjoy powers like the KGB and the Gestapo, is no laughing matter.
YouTube privacy-enhanced mode is the new default for FV Player
The privacy-enhanced mode allows you to embed YouTube videos without collecting cookies. FV Player uses this mode by default now.
Should iPhone users trust Apple’s promises about the iOS 13.5 Contact Tracing API?
iPad and iPhone users should be very wary of upgrading to iOS 13.5. There’s no path backwards: it will track and trace you in entirely new ways.
Apple OS X shortcomings got you down? Read some Windows 10 blog posts to cheer up
The price of a working computer on the “free” Windows 10? Two hours out of your life and storing all of your files on Microsoft’s servers.
Apple’s Privacy Policies look more and more like Microsoft
How to protect your privacy when using an Apple computer. The distance between Steve Jobs’s talk about privacy and Apple’s walk. Baked-in privacy invasion.
