February 2017 - Unencrypted

Useful browser add-ons, part 1: Privacy Badger

26 Feb , 2017 , 21:44 Linus Nyman

Online tracking is a somewhat complex topic. In theory it’s quite easy: we want a store to be able to track what items we put in our shopping cart, but we don’t want some shady third-party sites tracking anything at […]

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy Badger

Privacy,Search engines

Search engine privacy 101: How to google without Google

17 Feb , 2017 , 11:32 Linus Nyman

As you’ve probably noticed, Google’s services are free. The reason we can use them for free is that we aren’t Google’s customers, we’re their product. And the more they know about us, the easier it is for them to make […]

DuckDuckGo, Google, StartPage

Internet of Things (IoT),Vulnerabilities

On Hypponen’s law: Be smart, not vulnerable

6 Feb , 2017 , 14:17 Linus Nyman

A while back I was scrolling through my Twitter feed when I came across an interesting tweet: I have read plenty of laws, theories, and hypotheses during my time in academia, so I was well aware of the unwritten rule […]

Hypponen's Law

Phishing

What is “phishing” and how can you spot it?

4 Feb , 2017 , 15:04 Linus Nyman

The term phishing is a variation of the word fishing (it’s something called a homophone: sounds the same, spelled differently). But in this version of fishing, we’re the fish and the bad guys are the fishermen. This week’s blog is […]