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Android App Brightest Flashlight Free, Secretly Shares Users Data with Advertisers

Android app Brightest Flashlight Free, one of the most popular and high rated Android app, has been sharing users personal data with the third party advertisers without their consent. Continue reading →

How NSA uses Google Ads to track TOR users

Tor, the software for enabling online anonymity has always been top priority of NSA. The National Security Agency used ad networks like Google Ads to track targeted TOR users, according to a new article based on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Tor is funded by the US State Department and the Department of […] Continue reading →

AVG PrivacyFix improve Your Facebook, Google & LinkedIn Privacy

Worried about privacy settings for Facebook, Google and LinkedIn? AVG PrivacyFix is the solution. AVG PrivacyFix can help you which settings you need to adjust. AVG PrivacyFix is an app that can help a lot of users who aren’t exactly tech-savvy, but are still concerned about their privacy. PrivacyFix tries to make your personal accounts […] Continue reading →

Facebook privacy bug allowed Palestinian Researcher post vulnerability details on Zuckerberg wall

Khalil Shreateh - A Palestinian web developer and information system expert found a facebook vulnerability that allow any one to post on someone’s wall without any permission. Facebook Security team failed to recognize the critical bug which prompted Khalil to post vulnerability details on Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO) wall successfully as a proof of concept. The […] Continue reading →

FinSpy surveillance software by Gamma Group that surveil activitists

FinSpy surveillance software, marketed worldwide to law enforcement agencies as a way to monitor criminals, is widely used by repressive governments to spy on human rights groups. It is currently used in around 25 countries including US. The report by researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto found the software is “regularly […] Continue reading →

TorrentFreak blocked by UK ISP SKY for Privacy

TorrentFreak - a latest news reporting and file sharing site is blocked by British ISP Sky. The four million customers of the popular British ISP Sky are reporting trouble accessing TorrentFreak. Sky has not blocked the site deliberately. Instead, TorrentFreak has really been made inaccessible by EZTV.it, the popular torrent site that’s being blocked by six […] Continue reading →

List of Free VPN to Protect Privacy

Virtual Private Networks - VPNs for short, is necessary for privacy these days. If you want to open blocked sites in US, UK, India, China etc, if you want to browse the web anonymously, then using a good VPN service is what you need. Some websites like pandora.com, hulu.com, ABC.com, BB.co.uk are restricted and available […] Continue reading →

Blackberry 10 Sends Full Email Account Credentials To RIM

Anyone who has ever used his email account with a current BlackBerry, should think seriously to change his password: When setting up an email account on the BlackBerry 10, It sends the entered credentials to the server in Canada without the consent of the User. When you enter your POP / IMAP e-mail credentials into […] Continue reading →

The Pirate Bay co-founder charged for hacking attacks

The Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg charged in Sweden on suspicions for hacking into several Swedish agencies and companies and money transfer from the Nordea bank. Svartholm Warg was arrested in Cambodia and deported to Sweden in September last year due to an arrest warrant issued for him in relation to his conviction in […] Continue reading →

How Strangers Can Read Your Private Facebook Messages

If your private message is flagged by Facebook automated tools, then Facebook team/employees are going to your message and contact law enforcement if its regarding child exploitation. Facebook has a team of employees who read your private messages if they have been flagged by an automated tool. The tool searches for content that appears to […] Continue reading →

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