By Eva Galperin | EFF On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off [...]

DNS Malware: Is Your Computer Infected? Criminals have infected millions of computers around the world with malware called DNSChanger which allows them to control DNS servers. As a result, the cyber thieves have forced unsuspecting users to fraudulent websites, interfered with their web browsing, and made their computers vulnerable to other kinds of malicious software. [...]

Back Up Your Data Or Pay the Price   Have you ever experienced data loss? Perhaps lost photographs, important tax files, emails, or the like. We can not always put a price on these and other critical data files, but we sure can put a price tag on data recovery. Typically a rather large price [...]

How to Fix a Slow Computer We’ve all noticed that the longer we’ve had our computers, the slower they’ve gotten. In fact, the problem is so common that people assume it’s unavoidable and just part of the natural aging process of PCs. But the truth is that your computer isn’t slower because of the age [...]

Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist Public Intelligence A flyer designed by the FBI and the Department of Justice to promote suspicious activity reporting in internet cafes lists basic tools used for online privacy as potential signs of terrorist activity. The document, part of a program called “Communities Against Terrorism”, lists [...]

By Ellen Roseman | Toronto Star Rogers Communications is breaking the law by deliberately slowing down certain types of Internet traffic, says Canada’s telecom regulator. In a letter made public Jan. 20, the CRTC gives Rogers two weeks to show it’s complying with the rules. “Commission staff is of the belief that Rogers applies a [...]

By Griffin Boyce   Soapy is a small, free Fire Fox plugin that allows users to go to web sites banned under SOPA — making SOPA, if it is passed, moot. It focuses on the DNS-blocking technique favored by oppressive regimes and middle management. Because this is designed to go around a complete block, HTTPS [...]

The PC Decrapifier – Bloatware Remover Is your computer running slowly? Today, even brand new PCs often come with a lot of pre-installed software, (bloatware), that can cause that new machine to slow to a crawl. Not to mention all of the annoying pop-ups! Others may have a computer that’s a couple years old and [...]