Category: Internet

Hmmm, mainstream email services such as Gmail, Yahoo, or Outlook read your messages and share information with product makers for serving you ads. In a digital era, the fact of being snooping on your data may be ok with a lot of users, but what about those who are extra vigilant about their privacy? Maybe, you desire to keep your information safe or share with your partners, co-workers, or friends about something ultra-secret (shh, state-sponsored corporations wants to detect your location!) Or you just tired of infinite spam.

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Hashtags began on Twitter and gradually made their way onto almost every major social media platform. Over the years, hashtagging has grown in popularity and now connects users on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube. The practice revolutionized global communication and continues to bridge the distance between users as well as the gap between companies and consumers. The term “hashtag” refers to any topic or discussion on social media preceded by the hash (#) sign. Using hashtags on social media allows users to follow and share specific content. Essentially, they help to organize the vast amount of posts and daily conversations shared across social media.

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Many messengers are centralized which means there is some main server that keeps everything you send stored. Furthermore, this stored data can be used by third parties. In case the messenger does not provide encryption, the content of messages can be easily revealed. Being the only master of your life, you can keep at least some part of your lives to yourself by using a private messenger. And these are the options you have.

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Plagiarism is stealing the work of others as presenting it as your own without giving the owner of that particular property credit. It is cheating and intellectual theft nowadays while you have to face a court of law upon such kind of act. Plagiarism can be of many types and may occur due to intentional or unintentional.

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With 4.3 internet-enabled devices per person in use nationwide, it’s more important than ever to protect your home network from hackers – especially since many connected devices lack the robust anti-malware protection used on tablets, laptops, and smartphones. But you don’t have the advantage of an IT support staff to call on when it’s your home network or personal devices at risk. And with cyber attacks getting more sophisticated, it’s no longer enough to simply install an antivirus program on each separate device and call it a day. No, your home network security has to get more sophisticated to keep up with advances in cybercrime strategies and techniques. You need a secure gateway and network that hackers can’t get into – or at least one that will prove so challenging to hack that they’ll give up and look elsewhere for easier pickings. You also need to be careful when you use the internet, so you don’t fall prey to common social engineering scams. Hackers are targeting those who are most vulnerable which are the innocent children and not tech-savvy elderly…

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At a cybersecurity forum held recently in New York, one of the major topics of discussion was the increasing number of issues related to data privacy and protection. As companies are now finding data as their most valuable asset, which could be now easily left through a pen drive in an employee’s pocket or could be shared through any social media sites. Addressing comes under the matter of trade property laws and considered to be a white-collar crime. In this article, we are trying to discuss some protective ways through which organizations can try to protect their data and ensure adequate security measures to immediately respond and prevent any intentional or unintentional leakage of confidential info.

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