Computer & Internet Security
Computer surveillance and security covers a wide range of ways to keep you and your information safe. Learn about firewalls, zombie computers, hackers and workplace surveillance.
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When choosing an antivirus program for your computer or other electronic devices, there's no one-size-fits-all solution, but here are five things you need to consider.
It may seem like you get endless alerts to update your Microsoft Windows system and you might be tempted to skip a few updates. Is there any harm in doing that?
Zoom bombing – when intruders hijack your videoconference calls or virtual learning sessions – has become a big deal. But how do you stop it?
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What really happens when you transfer your browser to the incognito feature? You may think you're completely anonymous on the internet but that's not what's happening. Still it does have some useful purposes.
Even if you use the "incognito" setting on your browser, your personal and search data are still being collected at an alarming rate. Private search engines and browsers aim to lessen your digital footprint.
By Dave Roos
To what extent is U.S. intelligence able to conduct surveillance on the internet activity and electronic communications of U.S. citizens?
And should you be worried about it?
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Data privacy concerns have prompted some new laws to go into effect in the European Union — and that means changes for consumers in the rest of the world too.
By Dave Roos
HowStuffWorks explains how blockchain technology, which relies upon a shared record of transactions across a peer-to-peer network of computers, is taking over the world.
The U.S. and U.K. issued a joint alert warning that Russian hackers have been targeting devices that help us connect to the internet. Is your digital information at risk?
It's the technology behind the meteorically rising bitcoin, and it could be really, really big.
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The guys at Stuff They Don't Want You To Know talk about whether you can really delete your internet history — and why you want to.
By Diana Brown
Active defense techniques are changing how companies fight back against cybercrooks.
By Dave Roos
2016 was memorable for a whole lot of reasons, and one of them was the massive amount of data stolen.
It’s sweet to have a personal assistant like Amazon’s Alexa do your bidding. Except when it does something you didn’t anticipate, like order an adorable dollhouse.
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Malicious software is threatening the safety of some major cloud hosting services. Here's what a team of researchers is doing to help kick the bad guys out.
To thwart hackers from intercepting wireless signals, engineers send a signal through the body, from a smartphone fingerprint scanner to a 'smart lock.'
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Researchers have developed experimental versions of a device that could send encrypted messages impossible to intercept or decipher.
Cybersecurity experts recently discovered an insidiously clever piece of malware that went unnoticed for half a decade. The name? ProjectSauron.
You know how you can't really disconnect your PC's fan unless you want a hot mess on your hands? Turns out that fan could serve a more nefarious purpose, too.
Trolls are everywhere these days, driving people off Twitter and wreaking havoc online. They also have specific personality traits that the general population doesn't.
By Julia Layton
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And the FBI already has said it’ll help other law enforcement agencies with locked phones.
By John Donovan
Google attributed some unflattering changes in a Ukrainian newspaper's Russian translation to machine error. But some security experts say that's impossible.
By Dave Roos