Biometric security – nowhere near as secure as you might think, better than a bad password, but at least you can fix a bad password, fixing your fingerprint or face is a far more expensive process that will only help if your face has already been compromised. Biometric security on Read more…
Marketing has been a profession as far back as humans have had things to trade with one another. It relies on understanding what people need or feel, and aims to sell a product that is perceived to fill those needs. To do that, companies historically employed rules of thumb, or Read more…
Privacy compartmentalisation is a philosophy grounded in doing one thing online at a time. Essentially, if you are using a browser to look at social media, make sure to delete all cookies and history before moving on to browse anything else. This practice counters data linkability; making it much more Read more…
While there are some good uses of a Virtual Private Network, they are not the magic privacy blanket that you may think they are. Early on in my privacy journey, I had been using a VPN in an attempt to increase the security and privacy of my internet activity. I Read more…
We cover a lot of topics on Pyre Phone, and there may be some terms you haven’t come across before. This article is here to help. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Open Source is a philosophy of software development that enables open access to solutions to problems that have Read more…