More than 5.2 billion people are online, and we’re generating an unfathomable amount of data every day. Once collected, the data funnels into the data exchange, where it’s handled by data brokers (among others) and distributed for wider use. …

Get expert tech advice straight from our team of developers and engineers. Recently, I’ve had to refresh some of my knowledge as well after updating to Coroutines 1.6 and switching to the new test APIs, i.e. using runTest instead of runBlockingTestand all that comes along with that. There is one…

Fun Fact: In 1663, John Graunt ran one of the first substantial data collection projects in an effort to track the behavior of the black plague. In doing so, he founded the first public health records and established a global place for statistical analysis. Sure, data was around long before…

Learn how to check your emails for malware or phishing attempts with the experts at cloaked… We’ve talked about data breaches, and how to fortify your passwords, but there’s another topic that’s hitting pretty close to home — email attacks. Ninety-six percent of malware attacks are delivered via email, which…

Get the latest in privacy tips and news with Cloaked’s team of tech experts, engineers, and security professionals. Once upon a time, in the digital stone-age, we were content to navigate our “state of the art” DOS systems without considering the implications of a possible data breach. In fact, data…

Get the latest in privacy tips and news with Cloaked’s team of tech experts, engineers, and security professionals. In 1961, the first computer passwords were created by Fernando Corbato to moderate the use of MIT computer systems. By 1962, a researcher by the name of Allen Scheer, fed up with…

In a recent letter to Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana, Senator Ron Wyden voiced his concern over the current state of privacy amongst federal offices, saying: “I write to urge the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to protect federal networks from foreign spies and criminals who misuse online…

Right To Life, a Texas anti-abortion activist group, has recently experienced the wrath of public pushback and fine print with the loss of it’s whistleblowing website. The official reason GoDaddy, the site’s original domain host, cited for dropping the domain involved an invasion of privacy perpetrated by those exposing the…

In a now infamous tweet, Will Cathcart, head of Whatsapp, voiced his concern over Apple’s announcement to implement scanning software intended to detect child abuse and exploitation. Cathcart made his opinion clear, stating: “I read the information Apple put out yesterday and I’m concerned. I think this is the wrong…