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Facebook released a statement today about another data breach. According to the statement, Facebook’s engineering team found the latest issue on September 25. The issue is said to have affected around 50 million accounts, and Facebook has taken action on another 40 million accounts that Read More The post Another Facebook Data Breach; Affecting More Than 50 Million Accounts appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

We’re excited to announce a new addition to our product line: Privacy Toolkit by Search Encrypt. This new tool helps protect your privacy while also giving a look into the common privacy pitfalls so many websites fall into. Tracker Detection & Protection Privacy Toolkit by Read More The post Introducing Privacy Toolkit by Search Encrypt appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Facebook may have just gotten itself into more trouble about how it collects and uses people’s data. Kashmir Hill, a senior reporter for Gizmodo, originally reported the issue. Hill ran a Facebook ad specifically targeting a single user, a computer science professor named Alan Read More The post Facebook Is Using Your Private Information To Target Ads…Even If You Didn’t Give It To Them appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Many of the websites that millions of people visit every day collect data about their visitors. This puts both the websites and the users at risk of losing their data to some unwanted third party. Beyond a hack or data breach, how these websites Read More The post Privacy Issues with The Internet’s Most Popular Websites appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Contents: What Is Privacy? Who Is Collecting Information About You? What Exactly Are They Collecting? How Long Will Your Information Be Stored? Who Is It Shared With? Can You Opt Out? Can We Control Our Information? How Is Your Information Used Against You? Daniel Read More The post Why You Should Take Your Privacy Seriously appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Apple is looked to as one of the good guys in the fight for privacy. Many of the other big tech companies have business models that rely on tracking as much data as possible from as many of their users as possible. This is Read More The post How To Limit Tracking on iOS Devices appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

If you’re thinking about removing Search Encrypt’s Chrome or Firefox extension, think again about the data you would be handing over to big search engines without Search Encrypt. Search Encrypt redirects your searches from search engines like Google to our private search engine that doesn’t Read More The post Should You Remove Search Encrypt’s Extension? appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

DuckDuckGo is a private search engine. It is adamant about spreading privacy around the internet. However, there is one issue we discovered that raises privacy concerns. Your search terms, while they may be sent over your network in an encrypted form, show up in Read More The post DuckDuckGo Doesn’t Hide or Encrypt Your Search History appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Keep your searches private by redirecting searches that may be tracked to Search Encrypt, a privacy-focused search engine The Search Encrypt extension expires your searches from your local browser history and encrypts your search terms between your computer and searchencrypt.com. Searches are intercepted, encrypted Read More The post Search Encrypt for Chrome appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

According to a UK research study, 79% of adult internet users “have concerns about aspects of going online.” Ofcom Survey Finds People Nervous About Going Online Ofcom, a regulator for communication services in the UK, conducted a study 1686 internet users over 16 years Read More The post Majority of Internet Users in UK Concerned With Going Online appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Let’s Encrypt is a nonprofit, founded in 2014 by the Internet Security Research Group, that issues SSL/TLS certificates to the masses. It’s a free tool that has gained major support from companies like Mozilla, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Google and Facebook. What Are SSL/TLS Certificates? Read More The post Let’s Encrypt Is Spreading Encryption Across The Internet appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

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Popular music streaming service Spotify has raised privacy concerns as multiple security researchers have expressed concerns. Back in July, USA Today reported that your activity on Spotify is public and “can be used against you.” Even if you haven’t noticed, Spotify shares your listening activity Read More The post Spotify Streaming Service Offers Little Privacy Protection appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Apple has a positive reputation when it comes to privacy and security. However, multiple sources reported this week that numerous apps in the Mac app store are discretely collecting user browsing data in Safari. Patrick Wardle reported on security blog Objective-See, “a massively popular app, Read More The post Popular Mac Apps Discretely Collecting User Browsing Data appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

There are more ways to communicate online now than ever. It can be overwhelming to choose which service to use. We often find ourselves communicating with one person via multiple channels (e.g. Facebook Messenger, texting, and Snapchat). Because our communication is spread across so Read More The post Three Ways To Communicate Anonymously and Privately Online appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Everything is built on data. The largest companies in the world have created interesting, popular and useful products that rely on data they’ve collected over time. Huge user bases are the exact things making these companies so powerful and successful. The reason is: Huge user Read More The post Tech Giants Made Tracking Cool, Now Who Will Make Privacy Cool? appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Facebook is getting battered for recent news involving Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook user data. The company’s stock price (FB) fell around 11-percent as a result, in which the company lost more value than Tesla’s entire market cap! The privacy concerns that have existed Read More The post Facebook is Not The Internet’s Only Privacy Villain appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .

Privacy-focused tools are the most user-friendly on the internet. This is because by protecting their users’ information, rather than using it against them, they empower users to decide for themselves. Big search engines offer very little transparency as to how they actually use the Read More The post Reasons You Should Use A Private Search Engine like Search Encrypt appeared first on Search Encrypt Blog .