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Posted in Security

The problem with privacy: ideas and real life behavior don’t match

Posted on 2022-10-022022-10-04 by Ari

Scientists have researched for years the mismatch of results originating from interviews and surveys, and the actual behavior of people. Something tends to be wrong with the results, although respondents feel they have given accurate answers. This phenomenon is surprisingly evident Read >

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Posted in Media, Technology

What the? An open source, privacy-respecting search engine is better than Google

Posted on 2020-03-052020-03-02 by Ari

Google is such a strong brand on the internet that some people think it is the home page of the entire web. They type facebook.com into the search field and click the first result to visit the service. I haven’t used Read >

Posted in Technology

Survey: open source development community anticipating bright 2020s

Posted on 2019-12-182019-12-24 by Sommet
man looking at program code on computer monitor. photo: Jefferson Santos
Photo: Jefferson Santos.

When the first open source software products were published, many IT businesses were terrified. For instance, Microsoft was so hostile to the concept of open code that the father of Linux, Linus Torvalds, still is suspicious of the company Read >

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Posted in Technology

How to set DuckDuckGo as your default search engine

Posted on 2019-11-272019-11-26 by Ari

Search engine DuckDuckGo has been around for quite some time (since 2008) but only recently a significant change in internet users’ attitudes has started to drive people to other search engines than Google. Privacy-respecting search engines are on the rise. Read >

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Posted in Business, Publishing

Hey Google, when will your engineers resolve the AdSense account access problem?

Posted on 2019-11-062019-11-06 by Ari

I’m not 100% sure, but because I have been in similar situation with other Google products before, I think that AdSense doesn’t like the fact that I travel for work. During the last four weeks, Google AdSense advertising service has Read >

samsung galaxy 7 running /e/ software
Posted in Technology

Finally, it is possible to purchase a good smartphone that doesn’t collect our private data

Posted on 2019-08-182021-05-03 by Ari

Update 2021-05-03: we have reviewed a phone powered by e.foundation’s /e/OS operating system software.

General awareness about risks in automatic collection of individuals’ private data is growing quickly. Meanwhile, companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft invent new ways to collect their customers’ Read >

google rcs chat app
Posted in Communications, Technology

Stay away from Google RCS messaging if you want to avoid privacy risks and problems when you travel

Posted on 2019-06-232019-06-20 by Ari

Google has developed (or rather, acquired the technology along with a company called Jibe) a chat messaging system that is intended for mobile phones. In June 2019, Google opens the new service based on RCS (Rich Communication Service) technology in France Read >

earth photographed from space
Posted in Communications, Media

One specific activity dominates the internet minute in 2019

Posted on 2019-06-162019-06-14 by Sommet

It is pretty amazing what happens on the internet during 60 seconds. One might think that since almost everyone hangs out at Facebook and believes the Google search box is the gateway to online services that these two would be the Read >

Posted in News

Google Docs cheat sheet for managing documents in the cloud

Posted on 2019-05-172019-05-17 by Lucento

From: Computerworld

 

Google Docs is a powerful word processor that you use through your web browser. It’s integrated with Google Drive to store your documents in the cloud. Anyone with a Google account can use it for free, and it’s also available Read >

Google+ communities
Posted in Communications, Media

What to do when your Google+ account is going away

Posted on 2019-02-052019-02-03 by Sommet

A letter from hell, or a message to be completely ignored. Google+ evoked strong feelings among its users. Some people were passionate about Google’s social media service because they had found their community, and loved the platform’s remarkable functionality. Others were Read >

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