Google Photos secure folder is coming and VPN by Google One is expanding to more countries

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Google announced that Google Photos with Locked Folder functionality would soon become available on more Android devices, and Google One VPN is coming to more regions.

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Security & Privacy: How to Physically Secure Your Phone

A phone that's physically secure not only offers you an extra layer of protection in terms of privacy and security but also keeps you out of trouble.

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Security & Privacy: A VPN Can Help Keep Your Activities Private

While a VPN is by no means a “cure-all” or “magic bullet” in our quest for privacy, getting the right one to suit your circumstances can go a long way to helping.

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Opera expands free and unlimited VPN services to iPhones and iPads

The least popular of the world’s big five web browsers, according to both W3 and StatCounter, is looking to gain users with a big push for privacy and unrestricted access to social networks and video streaming services.Opera, or rather the Norwegian software company behind it, today announces the iOS launch of an app very recently made available on desktops as well. It’s called Opera VPN, and it unsurprisingly aims to “unblock the web for free.”No more having to pay to change your virtual location to score admission to

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Apple owes $626 million in damages to patent holding company

The saga between VirnetX and Apple has been running since about the start of the decade. It’s now come to a blow against Cupertino.The Arizona-based patent holding company has successfully argued that Apple infringed four of its patents concerning VPN and FaceTime interfaces. An attorney for VirnetX said that the award was “well-deserved” while an Apple representative said “cases like this simply reinforce the desperate need for patent reform.”Apple requested for the judge to ...

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Get 70% off 3 years of premium protection from VPN Unlimited

While the internet has made our lives easier, there also exists a criminal element online that threatens to steal our data and identities. You can put a stop to that by purchasing the VPN Premium Unlimited Plan for only $19 at the Pocketnow Deals store.A VPN is a Virtual Private Network. It keeps your identity anonymous and untraceable while conducting business online and, in turn, that protects your data from being hacked. A nice added bonus of a VPN is that it gives you the ...

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In your face, NSA: meet the secure Blackphone

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated …” That’s what the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America says. Put another way: Privacy is a Civil Right. Other countries have similar laws, some with greater power to protect the people, some with less. That’s all been thrown in the rubbish bin — and your privacy with it — thanks to the broad and arguably over-reaching eye of the National Security Agency: the NSA. ...

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