Privacy

Tiny spy cameras have been found in hotel rooms, AirBnBs, public restrooms and dressing rooms. Take control of your privacy with this pocket-sized device that can detect hidden cameras by locating the reflections off even the smallest camera lenses in an instant.

If you spend a lot of time on public Wi-fi, whether at coffee shops, airports, trains, etc. then you really should use a VPN. With military-grade encryption and a strict no-logging policy, GOOSE VPN protects your browsing data, and maintains your privacy while you’re on the move.

Block tracking requests from your device while keeping your data safe and saving bandwidth with a Lifetime Premium Subscription to Disconnect. The VPN service not only masks your location, but encrypts your data, and improves access to geo-restricted content.

This unique felt laptop case opens up to provide a private workstation. It not only enhances privacy from the sides, it reduces glare on your screen, cuts background noise and reflects your computer’s sound. An optional LED bar adds a dimmable work light.

Protect yourself as you surf the web with this service that encrypts all connections, and masks your IP address by routing you through a global virtual private network. Get a lifetime subscription to CyberGhost VPN for 88% off in The Awesomer Shop.

Protect yourself from hackers as you browse the internet with a subscription to this top-rated VPN service. NordVPN encrypts and anonymizes your data to help maintain your privacy and keep your data safe. Get it for 75% off the regular price in The Awesomer Shop.

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Protect your privacy by surfing the web behind an IP address proxy. This lifetime subscription to Hide My IP lets you safely surf behind servers in over 115 locations around the globe, masking your real IP address from hackers and other parties you’d rather not have watching you.

While you could protect your privacy by covering your webcam with tape, we dig this more elegant solution. It uses a pair of magnets to cover the lens when you want it blocked, and rotates out of the way to use it. The second magnet floats slightly to avoid scratches.

It might look ridiculous, but this mask does serve a useful purpose. The Hushme uses masks your voice during phone calls, letting you make private calls without prying ears listening in. It can also cover up sounds with everything from Darth Vader to a squirrel.

Adam Ruins Everything digs a little deeper into the obvious – that free online services sell our data to advertisers. On one hand, targeted ads sustain the free stuff we enjoy (like this website). On the other hand, we don’t know just how much of our data is kept and by whom.

CGP Grey made two videos firmly arguing against any means, legal or otherwise, to defeat or circumvent digital encryption. As we rely more and more on digital storage and services, the outcome of this fight will affect not just us but also future generations as well.

“I am you right now, if I wanted to be.” Fusion writer Kevin Roose asked white hat hackers and computer security professionals to hack him. For common folk like us, the simplest of tricks – pretending to be someone or something else – is the one thing we should all look out for.

Like Burner, Shuffle lets you purchase and use disposable phone numbers. But it also sells email aliases that forward messages to your real email account, and the costs of its services are shown in dollars (Burner uses “credits”).

The makers of the phone number dispenser app Burner set up a website that reveals what publicly available information can be connected to you just by knowing your phone number.

Brett Gaylor’s Do Not Track is an interactive educational web series about how companies monitor and store your online behavior and data without your awareness, and how it affects you and other people online.

(PG-13: Language) In his interview with Last Week Tonight, Edward Snowden also talked about passwords. He recommends using passphrases. The right passphrase is harder to crack yet more memorable than a random string of characters.

Most of us blindly accept the terms and conditions for apps on our devices. To promote BlackPhone, Silent Circle and Ivan Cash asked passersby to read aloud some of the ridiculous permissions they’ve agreed to grant their apps.

A documentary about former CIA and DIA employee Edward Snowden and the NSA scandal by award-winning journalist and filmmaker Laura Poitras. Laura is one of the first journalists to receive copies of leaked NSA files from Edward.