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The 6 Worst Online Security Threats: Be Aware or be Hacked

2016 is nearly over, and if it has taught us anything it is that we have to take online security threats seriously. From popular TV shows, to music, to the DDoS attack on a prominent cyber security expert, to the presidential election, we have been shown time and time again online security poses real threats to everyone.

2016 has been the year that online security threats have been the most thrust into the headlines of world news. Here is hoping that 2017 is the year that people actually read about these online security threats, and then actually take action to do something about them.
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How to Find Pirated Movies Online: Use Squawkr for Automatic Updates!

There is a new tool out that will make it as easy as possible to find pirated movies online. This new tool squawk or, will help you track and get notified when movies you want to download are released. You will no longer have to worry about checking your favorite movie sites for P2P. You’ll get notifications right in your email, making things easier for you. Let’s look at using this tool a little bit more in depth, and find pirated movies easier.
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UK Piracy Blocklist Expands: What Can you Do?

The UK as proven, once again, that they are not that bright when it comes to the Internet. Not only do they indulge in some of the most ridiculous online censorship going on right now, but they’re now going even deeper into creating piracy blocklists. With the latest additions to the UK piracy blocklist, it’s like they’re trying to Brexit themselves from the Internet. As is the case with that disastrous pending policy with the EU, this too will prove to be quite unsuccessful and contrary to their goals.
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How to Defeat SoundCloud’s New Geoblocking Feature

The war on the free distribution of information, and entertainment, continues as SoundCloud’s new blocking features continue to frustrate music fans. Not only is the free music platform no longer is so free, but it is now locking out free music to people from outside of the United States.

Getting around to SoundCloud’s new Geo blocking feature can unlock tracks which are in preview, or out right blocked entirely. Let’s learn about them now.
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How to Avoid Browser Fingerprinting, Get More Online Privacy

Most of the time, hackers aren’t hacking just for the LOLz. Only sometimes. The rest of the time they are hacking into computers and servers for specific information which they can take. This information can be used for a number of things, one of the biggest being a profile that the data in your browser tells about you: This is browser fingerprinting.

Why is this ‘profile’, or online fingerprint, important? Let’s find out before hackers do, and let’s look at protecting this fingerprint as well so that you can be safer.
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The Best App Lock Tools for Android: 7 Reviewed and Rated

Let’s face it: Your whole life is on your smartphone, isn’t it? With more of us putting more and more of ourselves in apps, it’s well past time we all started looking at using encryption to our advantage. One way you can do this is using a VPN like IPVanish, which has a great app for Android, whenever you connect to public WiFi with your smartphone.

Another useful form of encryption comes from app lock tools like the 10 we’ll look at in this article. They can protect you, with encryption, if someone does manage to get into your smartphone via digital or physical means.
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2 WiFi Connection Problems Travellers Should Look At

Hello, my name is Marcus and I barely remember my home. The last 8+ years have seen me live in Vancouver, an African nation, NYC, and now London. During this trip across Earth I’ve been wise enough to watch out for security concerns, and to use a few tools to help me stay connected to home.

No matter where you go in the world you will inevitably come against digital differences compared to where you are from. I am going to look at two such WiFi connection problems that I’ve come across, with my background in online security, privacy, and anti-censorship coming in handy!
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Identity Theft Protection: Online and Offline Tactics

Identity theft is no small thing. The FTC estimates that 11.7 million people suffer from some form of identity theft in the US each year. The FTC did the math, that’s around 5% of the population getting hardcore pwned.

How this can happens varies, but why this happens always has the same reason: At one point you were not careful enough with a key piece of your information. Don’t feel bad, it happens all too often, especially with social media giving everyone a digital platform to share on. Let’s help you out with some identity theft protection tips now.
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Privacy and Security on the Internet: Advanced Tools Anyone Can Use

Privacy and security on the Internet is becoming a bigger and bigger issue all the time. Unfortunately, people are trying to take back their privacy and security online …and have no idea what they’re doing. This leads to confusion, vulnerabilities, hacking, and things like the new Opera VPN (which isn’t as advertised).

Let’s take a moment to really look at privacy and security tools that you can use on your computer that will actually help you. Some of them are a bit advanced, but you can learn how to do them with a bit of reading.
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