Category: Privacy

Privacy is a hot topic now, and more and more people are becoming interested in it. This interest grew with the increased flow of news about the issue. There are reports of privacy violations, data breaches, and other creepy stuff that companies are doing with our data every day.
Last year the data’s value surpassed the one of oil, so companies are desperate to get their way on our data. Some companies are experts in retaining information or being creative enough to help others achieve that.
Here you can find articles, tips, and tricks to keep you informed. I intend not to make you paranoid, so take the information and form your conclusions. I’ll provide my view of the issue and how you can fix it or mitigate it.
Some articles may become deprecated if some new information surfaces. If or when that happens, I’ll update the information and sources, provide more context, or remove the articles.

Privacy: Why we ignore Password Best Practices

by Manuel GomesApril 14, 2020June 2, 20200

Nowadays, passwords are an easy target for hackers. There’s a precise collision between what are the best practices of password management and reality. If we …

by Manuel GomesJanuary 3, 2020December 2, 20220

If you’re not aware of what two-factor authentication (also known as multi-factor authentication) is, here is the super-simplified explanation. It’s is an extra layer of security …

by Manuel GomesAugust 17, 2019September 18, 20190

We get a lot of information pushed at us daily. I won’t even debate here the number of notifications that some people have enabled. It …

by Manuel GomesAugust 10, 2019August 20, 20190

Earlier this week, my friend Miguel Velosa Câmara showed me the following tweet: Government-backed attackers may be trying to steal my Google password. This is …

by Manuel GomesAugust 6, 2019October 10, 20190

Ok, I’ll start by admitting that the title looks a little bit clickbait but hear me out. How many times you’re using a computer, especially …

by Manuel GomesAugust 3, 2019August 20, 20190

For all of us who were not aware of what Superhuman is, let’s investigate together and understand why there’s a huge controversy around the privacy …

by Manuel GomesAugust 1, 2019August 20, 20190

The Guardian published this news recently, and it was not good for Apple. Although Apple does not explicitly disclose it in its consumer-facing privacy documentation, …