We’re pretty sure you’ve heard of Bitcoins by now, right? The digital currency (or cryptocurrency) invented over 4 years ago by Satoshi Nakamoto which is now increasingly being accepted by…

It seems Facebook is at last responding to long standing privacy concerns from both it’s users and privacy campaigners in general. Facebook has been facing growing concerns over a number…

Currently in beta, Privacy Badger from EFF is a browser add-on that blocks third party trackers and spying ads. We’ve been testing it for some weeks now and have been…

Private.me is a new search engine that let’s YOU control who has access to your data. Currently in beta Private.me promises your:- Your Internet searches will stay private. You can…

The ProtonMail campaign has now raised $550,492 way ahead of the original $100,000 goal and that should ensure more development and hopefully access for more users around the world. The…

Campaigner and lawyer Max Schrems is once again taking on the social network giant. In 2011 he forced the firm to reveal all the information it was holding on him.…

Google and long been accused of breaching user’s privacy but the latest furore stems from a case where it reported a known child abuser to the authorities for transmitting child…

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University may have developed a method of identifying hundreds of thousands of Tor users. The researchers had planned to detail their technique at next week’s Black…

Many websites use AddThis’ social media sharing tools to make it easy for their uses to share their pages, posts, etc to Facebook, Twitter, etc. But that could soon change…

The UK Government’s Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill looks set to become law having cleared the Lords in just two hours. The controversial bill was rushed through Parliament with…