How to Use IFTTT to Supercharge Your Kindle

But it’s not just for smarthome automationandsaving money. It can also improve your reading life and your Kindle experience. And don’t forget that there are plenty of othergreat places to get free content for your Kindle! This recipe will email anything you put in a specific Dropbox folder to your Kindle. And it could help you save quite a lot of money if you use it regularly! First, let’s set up a notification for whenever a specific friend posts abook review....

May 23, 2016 · 1 min · 129 words · Paul Miles

What Is I2P vs Tor? How to Install & Use With a Browser (2025)

It also offers additional benefits, such as safe emailing and torrenting tools. What Is the I2P web connection and How Does It Work? These parts are sent through various tunnels, with each part taking a different route. This process prevents a single entity from intercepting the complete data, thus preserving your privacy and security. This makes it hard for snoops to analyze the traffic and link messages to specific users....

May 23, 2016 · 4 min · 717 words · Mr. Robert Gregory

How to Organize Your Out-of-Control Reading List Right Now

Whether your reading list has three books or three hundred, it serves as a goal. If there are only a few books on it, it’s pretty easy to manage. But once you get beyond about 50, it starts to get a little overwhelming. Here are some ideas for making sure your reading list is helping more than hindering. Choosing the right tool depends a lot on your organizational preferences. That way, you might put different sections, lists, publishing dates, or genres on different tabs....

May 16, 2016 · 3 min · 434 words · Cheryl Robertson

Popular Firefox Security Extensions Are Open to Reuse Attacks

Unfortunately, this includes a few of the most popular security extensions available in the Add-on catalog. What is a Reuse Attack? The hidden code within the attacking add-on would then execute without the users knowledge. The attacks are made possible because legacy Firefox frameworks do not isolate add-on functions. Are Reuse Attacks Common? The researchers told vpnMentor that many other news outlets have blown the issue out of proportion. Credit: Buyukkayhan et al....

May 11, 2016 · 2 min · 301 words · Aaron Ray

Smishing, Phishing, and Vishing: What's the Difference?

Chances are some scammer is trying to bait you with phishing, smishing, or vishing techniques. Phishing attempts usually come through email. So, you choose their provided link to take care of it immediately. But that link doesn’t take you to the authentic website. I recently received a suspicious email (screenshot above) exhibiting several signs of a potential phishing scam. Given these multiple red flags, I promptly deleted the email without responding....

May 9, 2016 · 2 min · 309 words · Patricia Hernandez

Interview with cryptographer Tibor Jager on TLS, attacks, and countermeasures

Dr. Tibor Jager is an academic cryptographer, doing research in applied and theoretical cryptography. Indeed TLS 1.0 is not bad. We know a few issues with the protocol but we dont know how to exploit them. There were many other contributions that are significant and I would consider stronger than ours. It is hard for me to say. As a German, I find it obvious that I should have my privacy online as well....

May 8, 2016 · 1 min · 210 words · Diana Harmon

How to Get RSS Feed Updates Straight to Your Email Inbox

It can be annoying to have yet another thing to check every morning, right? Maybe it’d be better to receive those RSS updates as emails. Fortunately, this is possible! (Learn more about IFTTT here.) First, sign up forIFTTT.It’s free. Once you’re logged in, click onChannelsat the top. Search for theEmailchannel, add it, and fill out your email details when prompted. Next, clickMy Recipesat the top and then click theCreate a Recipebutton....

May 6, 2016 · 1 min · 173 words · Rose Bennett

Providing people with privacy, security and access to a free and open Internet

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Liz Kintzele, VP of Sales at Golden Frog. We brought this alarming activity to the FCCs attention, but they failed to address it. In 2009, we founded Golden Frog. ‘Golden Frog’ is such a poetic name; can you explain the meaning or origin of the name? Our founders were in the Peace Corps, and spent a lot of time in Brazil and Panama....

May 5, 2016 · 4 min · 751 words · Kelsey Turner

Interview with Researcher Thyla Van Der Merwe on TLS and Online Privacy

I had the opportunity of meeting Thyla and speaking with her. Thyla’s research interests include various topics in theoretical and applied cryptography. We all regularly use TLS while surfing the web on secure websites. vpnMentor: What do I as an average user need to know on TLS? If you dont have an HTTPS connection, think twice about the information you input into the site. Avoid putting user name and password to a non-HTTPS url....

May 2, 2016 · 2 min · 304 words · Thomas Mejia

Exclusive: Encryption Mechanism Breach on DuckDuckGo

Industry and academy mentors assisting students in the hackathon. The problem facing the winning team was to determine whether an information leakage from encrypted channels of search engines. They also managed to demonstrate it. If I continue and choose B, the search engine will suggest words starting with AB. The victorious team comprised participants from both Hebrew and Bar Ilan Universities, demonstrating collaboration across institutions. This is particularly significant considering the traditionally lower representation of women in technological fields....

April 27, 2016 · 1 min · 94 words · Kara Huff

Interview with Online Privacy Experts Mr. Sudhanshu Chauhan and Mr. Nutan Kumar Panda. Authors of “Hacking Web Intelligence”

Apart from performing security assessments he has also been involved in conducting / imparting information security training. vpnMentor: What is the average Internet user doing wrong? Average users are less aware of the importance of this. Data privacy is not only a matter for big companies, but rather for all of us. We all have a digital life which we need to watch and secure. We too are responsible for our privacy....

April 18, 2016 · 2 min · 358 words · Stacy Blackwell

“Read the Terms of Service!” An Interview With Jonathan J. Klinger

He has been practicing law for over 11 years and has been an independent sole-practitioner since 2007. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Jonathan about VPN usage and other privacy issues. I was impressed by his combination of legal knowledge, clarity of expression, and practical insights. US$169]. vpnMentor: Is it illegal for me to access such web sites with a VPN? Can I go to jail if I am caught?...

April 18, 2016 · 3 min · 626 words · Laura Carter

How to Disable Search Suggestions on Every Major Browser

The feature is known as auto-complete or search suggestions. If that’s the case, almost all browsers let you turn off this feature. Google Chrome you’re able to disable search suggestions in Chrome for desktop, Android, and iOS. Microsoft Edge you could also disable search suggestions in Edge for desktop, Android, and iOS. However, the way you turn them off differs. Firefox it’s possible for you to disable search suggestions in Firefox for desktop, Android, and iOS....

April 7, 2016 · 1 min · 115 words · Courtney Simmons