Turkey does not have an Internet infrastructure that is as free and open as other parts of the world. In fact, you would likely even call it extremely restrictive. Back in February of 2014, there was a new law that had been proposed that caused an uproar. The idea was to modify a previous act … Read more
New York and California seem to be joining forces these days to undermine data encryption, but the main reason behind undermining data encryption has to do with winning the war on terrorism. Now, a new report says that there may not be a war to be won because the major terrorism group has its own … Read more
Unfortunately, Bangladesh is anything but a leader in Internet infrastructures. In fact, their Internet is lagging behind the times and their Internet penetration rate is extremely poor. Though other nations such as North Korea have statistically lower Internet access rates, Bangladesh is still among the worst in the world. However, since the invention of mobile … Read more
Netflix has steadily grown across the globe and now served 190 countries. Growing by 130 countries just this month, the company is committed to bring all of its service content worldwide, but with recent changes to restrict IP unblocking of geographical locations, they have pretty much made their international service much less enticing. Having unrestricted … Read more
As you might expect, Indonesia is just like many other Southeast Asian countries with regards to their Internet freedoms. It seems to be a common thread that this part of the world heavily monitors social media and the messages that users post online. They also make great efforts to impose heavy censorship programs to filter … Read more
Life on the World Wide Web is all about websites, and websites mandate usernames and passwords when users log in to access their account and personal information, and so online security came to be. How many times have you been told to pick a difficult password that consists of a combination of letters and numbers? … Read more
We cover the importance of encryption quite a bit on our online privacy tutorial, and lately, data encryption has become a huge discussion in politics, with all political candidates, particularly Democratic candidates, having discussions at length about what they would do if elected to the office of President of the United States. Yet and still, … Read more
The number of Internet users in Mexico have exploded over the last 15 years, and more and more citizens are connecting online than ever before. In the early 2000’s, the percentage of people that had Internet access were in the single digits. Today that figure is past 40% and still growing. In addition, you might … Read more
Qatar is a bustling peninsular city located just Northeast of Abu Dhabi, and you need Internet security if you live there or are visiting for any amount of time. To be fair, Qatar is known for having one of the freest Internet environments within the Middle East, but there are some stringent controls put in … Read more
BlackBerry has a reputation for producing hack-proof or ultra-secure mobile devices, and the company’s newest BlackBerry Priv continues to provide the caliber of security that many have come to know and love (according to the Canadian manufacturer). At the same time, however, you may not know it, but consumer BlackBerry smartphones are not the only … Read more