Osman

I like to think about the impact that the internet has on humanity. In my free time, I'm wolfing down pasta.

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A laptop wearing an eyemask with a dollar sign on it.
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Staying private and anonymous online is in your best financial interests
Retailers will offer different prices on goods and services depending on visitor browsing habits and physical location.
A face covered in scribbles.
2 mins
In a possible first, facial recognition has led to a wrongful...
What the arrest of Robert Julian-Borchak Williams in Michigan shows about the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement.
A door on a wall of code.
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The battle to outlaw end-to-end encryption in the U.S. is heating...
This post was originally published on July 2, 2020. Following the introduction of the EARN IT bill in the U.S....
A slumped robot with smoke bellowing from it head.
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Not so (artificially) intelligent: 8 times machine learning got it wrong
Billions of dollars have been poured into artificial intelligence (AI) research, with proponents of the technology arguing that computers...
Working at a computer with a security camera.
5 mins
What is internet privacy and how should you protect your online...
We use the internet for just about everything in our personal and private lives—and what we do online has...
Android robot with horns.
2 mins
New Android malware targets Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp
This article was originally published on June 1, 2020. A new Android zero-day exploit, targeting primarily Thai users, has been...
An illustration of a crowd of people, all wearing masks, under a surveillance camera.
4 mins
Covid-19’s biggest casualty will be the further degradation of our individual...
History, as they say, often repeats itself. And we’ve definitely seen this before. It took a cataclysmic event to sow...
Location symbol with a virus.
4 mins
Survey: Americans distrust contact-tracing apps but are willing to use them...
A new survey by ExpressVPN found that 75% of people believe that contact-tracing apps violate a person’s privacy.
A sinister hand emerges from a laptop screen.
4 mins
What is cybercrime? 5 types and examples of cybercrime explained
Think about large-scale heists and it’s normal to conjure an image of a group of thieves robbing a bank,...
Security camera pointing at a grocery bag.
5 mins
Contactless supermarkets are here. But at what cost?
Contactless stores and delivery options have shot into the mainstream thanks to the spread of Covid-19. What does it mean for privacy?

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