Your smart speaker is listening to you. Don’t just take my word for it as there have been hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines, and on websites, detailing how they are listening to, and even recording everyday conversations in your home, and how they’ve…
Tag: privacy
If you chat a lot online with friends and family you’re probably using an app such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram or WeChat. There can be privacy issues to contend with when using these services however that you might not have considered. Telegram makes strong…
Sometimes you need to lock your screen or minimize all your open windows. This could be because you are using your laptop in a public location, at a coffee shop or on a train, and someone walks past as you are working on something sensitive,…
While Windows 11 allows you to control your personal data privacy when using your PC, there are additional settings in the Microsoft Edge web browser you will almost certainly want to look at. You access these within Edge by clicking the menu (Three Dots) icon…
We’re all becoming much more aware of our online privacy, and how major corporations have turned us into the product. Fortunately Windows 11 makes it really easy to manage your privacy. In Settings, navigate to Privacy & security and then you will see a General button in the Windows…
Sometimes you want to browse the Internet without any record being kept of what you’ve been doing. This could be because you’re setting up a new bank account, or because you’re shopping for a super-secret birthday or anniversary present. Microsoft Edge makes it really easy…
One of the advantages of the Edge web browser from Microsoft is that protecting your privacy is baked in, and it’s possible to block all online tracking by advertisers, and third-party companies and organisations that collect and use your data. To set your privacy, click…
There’s a new Edge in town, and if you’ll excuse the pun, it definitely has the Edge over other browsers such as Google Chrome. Edge is a privacy-focused web browser that allows you to browse the Internet safe in the knowledge that your personal data and…
