A number of governments in Europe have made a significant, long-term decision to move away from cloud services that may risk citizens’ privacy and security. Germany, France, Netherlands and Sweden have announced that the first steps have been taken to drop cloud services, for instance, from Google in favor of … Read >
Tag: privacy
Finally, it is possible to purchase a good smartphone that doesn’t collect our private data
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’ data behind the scenes. For an ordinary … Read >
It is actually easy to switch to apps and services that don’t spy and track you on the internet
I have written about apps and services that let you do exactly the same things as services provided by Google, but with one key difference: those tools don’t spy on you like Google does. It is possible to find a good alternative almost to every Google product, but what … Read >
Germany bans Microsoft Office 365 in schools due to privacy concerns
If an institution where you study, or a school where your children study has adopted Office 365 cloud services, their private data is collected by Microsoft. Due to privacy concerns, a German state has banned the use of Office 365 at schools.
Microsoft Office software package has been around for … Read >
Your email provider may leak private data to anyone who sends you a message
Maybe it is just me, but it looks like the volume of rudimentary spam email messages is slowly declining (statistics disagree with me). It could be my email service provider who has so smart junk mail detection system, but nonetheless, spam is not my major headache anymore. What … Read >
Popular travel booking apps tell Facebook where, when and how you travel
A few friends have asked me is it possible that Facebook is listening to their phone calls or intercepting their online communications because it mysteriously seems to know all their travel plans. Well, I didn’t take it seriously until now. A research organization has published a study that shows how … Read >
Think twice before buying any of these gadgets if you want to protect your family’s privacy
In addition to phones, tablets, ereaders and computers that we are frequently using, new gadgets that are marketed as home appliances have been discovered to leak private data to corporate marketing databases. Internet software development organization Mozilla examined a range of new products that are being marketed for personal use … Read >
All right, there is one extremely useful thing Google does when it sucks our private data
A real life experience proved how software that is constantly spying on mobile phone users has its benefits, too. In a catastrophic situation where you can’t retrieve any data from an old Android phone – and you don’t have backup files – the critical data, including contacts, messages and other … Read >
Excellent privacy-enabled alternatives to Google products and services
Our colleague got fed up with Google services because they can’t manage user access for travelers (Google security processes still don’t have a clue how to do it). Nonetheless, it is only one reason why people are quitting Google. Another major reason is losing privacy along with personal data. … Read >
Welcome /e/, the world needs a mobile operating system that lets us manage our own data
Online privacy and security-concerned people have always worried about operating systems that track what users do on their computers and mobile devices. Tracking and selling the data to other parties is not only questionable but also a dangerous practice that one day may cause safety problems to users. Project known … Read >